![]() ![]() It was one of the more successful tanks ever produced, and this volume in the Tank Craft series, by Robert Jackson, is the ideal introduction to it. The fifty-ton British Centurion tank, developed during the darkest days of WWII, was designed to out-gun the performance of the latest German tanks, such as the formidable Panzer V Panther. The book also describes how the Centurion's chassis was adapted to take on other roles. There are 79 black and white photos and 107 color ones of the Centurion in action. It contains technical analysis and details of modifications. The book is a consist account of the design, development and battlefield performance of the Centurion. The Centurion fought in the Korean War, the Arab-Israeli wars, the Indo-Pakistan wars and the Vietnam War. The book contains 18 specially commissioned color profiles illustrating major variants of the Centurion tank. XII, this Centurion entered service in 1955 and was converted to AVRE standard in 1981.Īt the bottom is color profile shows a tank form C Squadron, 16th/5th Lancers, Operation "Armadillo's" Delight" in the Wadi Msirah area, Radfan, Aden Protectorate. Under it is a color photo of AFV Clubs 1/35th scale Mk.5/26 105 mm gun (NATO) model, assembled by Jean-Vincent Roy. VIII, equipped with a 105 mm gun and with an ammunition capacity of seventy rounds. ![]() 3 "Caughoo" of C Squadron, 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, Yongdungpo, Korea, February 1951.Īt the top of the back cover of the book there is a color photo of a Centurion Mk. On the right in the center is a black and white photo of enemy troops are surrendering at gunpoint to a BAOR Centurion during an exercise in Germany.Īt the bottom is a color profile illustration of a Centurion Mk. Constant operational practice with other NATO nations successfully defended the threat from the Warsaw Pact. Next in the center is a color photo of a Centurion on exercise with the British Army of the Rhine. On the left in the center is a black and white photo of Israeli Centurions advancing in the Nagev Desert. It is soft-cover of 65 pages in 11 1/2" x 8 1/4" page format.Īt the top of the front color there is a color photo of a 1/35th scale Tamiya Centurion Mk.2, Vietnam War model by Brian Richardson. This book has a publication date of January 4, 2019. ![]()
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