File:Centurion_cfb_borden_1.JPG · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Type
- Main battle tank
- Place of origin
- United Kingdom
- In service
- 1945–present (derivatives still in service)
- Used by
- see Operators
- Unit cost
- £35,000 (1950), £38,000 (1952)
- Number span no built
- 4,423
- Mass
- 50 long tons (51 t )
- Length
- Hull only 24 ft 9.5 in (7.557 m) With gun forward 32 ft 3 in (9.83 m)
- Width
- 11 ft 1 in (3.38 m) with side plates 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) without side plates
- Height
- 9 ft 7.75 in (2.94 m)
- Crew
- 4 (commander, gunner, loader, driver)
- Armour
- 51–152 mm (2.0–6.0 in)
- Main armament
- 105 mm L7 rifled gun 20 pdr (84 mm) rifled gun 17 pdr (76.2mm) rifled gun
- Secondary armament
- Co-axial Besa machine gun (Mark 3) .30 cal Browning machine gun (Mark 5 onwards)
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce Meteor 4B , 650 hp (480 kW) at 2550rpm
- Power weight
- 13 hp/t (9.2 kW/t)
- Transmission
- 5-speed Merrit-Brown Z51R Mk. F gearbox
- Suspension
- Modified Horstmann
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- main battle tank
- Operator
- Swedish Army
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Followed by
- Chieftain
- Follows
- Comet
- Manufacturer
- Vickers
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Centurion cfb borden 1.JPG
- Height
- 2.94
- Width
- 3.38
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- native label
- Centurion
- Commons category
- Centurion tanks
- armament
- Browning M1919
- service entry
- 1946-01-01
- service retirement
- 2012-01-01
- total produced
- 4423
- Commons gallery
- Centurion tank
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Article · Italiano
Il Centurion è un carro armato MBT (inizialmente definito come carro armato incrociatore) inglese costruito nel secondo dopoguerra, è sicuramente uno dei più longevi mai prodotti.
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA