Centurion Mk.V
4 Troop, A Squadron, 6th Royal Tank Regiment
Suez Canal, November 1956 "Operation Musketeer"
(Hobby Master HG3503)
- Weight: 56 tons
- Dimensions: 32'4" (w/ gun) 24'9" (w/o) x 11'1" x 9'10"
- Crew: 4
- Power Plant: Rolls Royce MkIVB 12-cyl. petrol 650hp
- Armor: 17-152 mm
- Speed: 21 mph
- Armament: 1 x 20pdr (83.4mm), 2 x .30cal MG
- Notes: Development started in 1943, but first prototypes arrived in Belgium one month after VE-day. Served in combat with British forces in Korea, in the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965, in Israeli units in the Six Day War and Yom Kippur Wars, with Australian forces in Vietnam, and in other conflicts as well.
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