Centurion tank
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The Centurion tank is a British post–World War II main battle tank renowned for its heavy armor, powerful gun, and long service life with numerous armies worldwide.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Centurion tank canonical | 3 |
| Centurion armoured vehicles | 1 |
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
armoured fighting vehicle
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main battle tank ⓘ |
| armorType | rolled homogeneous armour ⓘ |
| category |
British tanks of the Cold War
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World War II tank designs ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew | 4 ⓘ |
| crewRole |
commander
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driver ⓘ gunner ⓘ loader ⓘ |
| designer | A. G. Maitland-Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Cruiser tank lineage ⓘ |
| enginePower | about 650 hp ⓘ |
| engineType | Rolls-Royce Meteor petrol engine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| firstProductionYear | 1945 ⓘ |
| influenceOn | later Western main battle tank designs ⓘ |
| introducedInConflict | post–World War II era ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Vickers-Armstrongs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 35 km/h ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
heavy armour for its era
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long service life ⓘ powerful main gun ⓘ |
| notableVariant |
Centurion Mk 10
NERFINISHED
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Centurion Mk 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Centurion Mk 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ Centurion Mk 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Olifant (South African upgraded Centurion) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sho't (Israeli upgraded Centurion) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | over 4400 ⓘ |
| operator |
Australian Army
NERFINISHED
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Canadian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Danish Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Dutch Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Egyptian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Israel Defense Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Jordanian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ South African Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Swedish Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Swiss Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedAt | Bovington Tank Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryArmament |
105 mm L7 gun (later upgrades)
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17-pounder 76.2 mm gun (early marks) ⓘ 20-pounder 83.4 mm gun (later marks) ⓘ |
| primaryUser | British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionPeriod | 1945–1962 ⓘ |
| role | universal tank ⓘ |
| secondaryArmament |
coaxial machine gun
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hull-mounted machine gun ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1946 ⓘ |
| status | retired from frontline service in most countries ⓘ |
| successor | Chieftain tank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| suspension | Horstmann suspension NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAsBasisFor |
armoured engineer vehicle variants
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armoured recovery vehicle variants ⓘ self-propelled anti-aircraft variants ⓘ self-propelled gun variants ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Gulf War
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Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 NERFINISHED ⓘ Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 NERFINISHED ⓘ Korean War NERFINISHED ⓘ Six-Day War NERFINISHED ⓘ South African Border War NERFINISHED ⓘ Suez Crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ Yom Kippur War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| weight | about 51 tonnes ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Centurion armoured vehicles
subject surface form:
105 mm Royal Ordnance L7
subject surface form:
Churchill tank