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Centurion Tank Ideas and Inspiration
« on: December 28, 2011, 03:40:09 AM »
Hi folks,

A thread for your Centurion Tank Ideas and Inspiration:

 Here's a "Jagd Centurion" to start:



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Re: Centurion Tank Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2011, 03:59:37 AM »
The Centurion Tank had a good reputation.  What if the US Army acquired some, even for evaluation?

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Re: Centurion Tank Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2011, 04:09:23 AM »
We've all heard about IFV designs that involved reversing the front and rear of a Centurion tank.

Do people remember that a prototype of Merkava was built out of the same idea?

Of course my favourite what-if is still the possibility of a TTD-derived Olifant turret with a 120mm gun and Leopard-2A5-derived addon armour package, placed on a Sho't-standard hull (and then clad in Canadian Forces camo  :D).
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Re: Centurion Tank Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2011, 07:09:17 AM »
The King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau (KADDB) has done some interesting Centurion variants too:

Falcon turret:





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Re: Centurion Tank Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2011, 07:11:18 AM »
I did profiles of the Cent back in the day, including SPAAG & SPG variants.

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Re: Centurion Tank Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2011, 07:43:24 AM »
The Centurion Tank had a good reputation.  What if the US Army acquired some, even for evaluation?

Most people don't realize it, but the US actually bought most of the Centurions in use by NATO.  If you read Simon Dunstan's books on the Centurion, you get the impression that had US money not been behind the purchases, the Centurion would never have become the legend that it is.

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Re: Centurion Tank Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2011, 10:45:46 AM »
Oh, those crazy Israelis... :D

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Re: Centurion Tank Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2011, 09:48:02 AM »
The Centurion Tank had a good reputation.  What if the US Army acquired some, even for evaluation?


Most people don't realize it, but the US actually bought most of the Centurions in use by NATO.  If you read Simon Dunstan's books on the Centurion, you get the impression that had US money not been behind the purchases, the Centurion would never have become the legend that it is.

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True - I would still like to see a centurion in a scheme similar to this though:


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Re: Centurion Tank Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2011, 11:16:12 AM »




Done!  Next request.  Seriously, though, they basically wore a US scheme in Korea.

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Re: Centurion Tank Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #9 on: December 29, 2011, 12:01:25 PM »
 :slow: :yarr:

Um, let me think... :on-fire:

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« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2011, 09:30:46 PM »
Whilst the US stars were added to Commonwealth vehicles in Korea for ID purposes, I'd suggest the scheme would be the standard British Army Bronze Green rather than one of the US Army's Olive Drab/Greens.  In addition, the vehicles had British registrations and the like which were different to the US vehicles.

On the subject though, it's always a case of US stars being added to a Commonwealth vehicle or aircraft for ID purposes.  One rarely, if ever, hears of British markings being added to US aircraft for the same purpose.

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Re: Centurion Tank Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #11 on: December 30, 2011, 12:05:36 AM »
Perhaps a trade-off with a license produced Centurion armed with the 90mm gun from the M26 Pershing?  That would certainly be an interesting subject. 
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Re: Centurion Tank Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #12 on: December 30, 2011, 12:54:12 AM »
On the subject though, it's always a case of US stars being added to a Commonwealth vehicle or aircraft for ID purposes.  One rarely, if ever, hears of British markings being added to US aircraft for the same purpose.

Wha??  Sorry, John, maybe you're just a bit absent-minded today, but I'd very much disagree with this.  Remember almost all US aircraft in the MTO in 1942-43 having the British fin flash?  Heck, all the USAAF aircraft in Europe throughout the war had RAF-style aircraft codes, adopted purely for Commonwealth identification purposes.

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Re: Centurion Tank Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #13 on: December 30, 2011, 02:02:57 AM »
A quick-and-dirty trial :D
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Re: Centurion Tank Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #14 on: December 30, 2011, 02:09:05 AM »

On the subject though, it's always a case of US stars being added to a Commonwealth vehicle or aircraft for ID purposes.  One rarely, if ever, hears of British markings being added to US aircraft for the same purpose.


Apart from the examples Logan has given, one needs to remember the sizes of contributions from the various countries.  Looking at Korea for example we see the following approximate force sizes during the war:

    South Korea 600,000
    United States 302,000
    United Kingdom 14,200
    Canada 6,150
    Turkey 5,460
    Australia 2,280
    Philippines 1,500
    New Zealand 1,390
    Thailand 1,290
    Ethiopian Empire 1,270
    Kingdom of Greece 1,260
    France 1,120
    Colombia 1,070
    Belgium 900
    Netherlands 820
    Union of South Africa 300
    Sweden 170
    Norway 105
    Denmark 100
    Italy 72
    India 70
    Luxembourg 44

With the USA providing by far the biggest foreign contribution, and also the largest hardware, it makes sense from a recognition pov to use the USA markings as a way of ensuring friendly fire is minimised.

I suppose an alternative could have been for the foreign forces to use some sort of "UN" markings, but alas I don't think that happened then...mind you it could be the basis for some sort of whiff.
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Anyway, let's get back to Centurion Tank discussions.

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Re: Centurion Tank Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #15 on: December 30, 2011, 02:10:58 AM »
I did profiles of the Cent back in the day, including SPAAG & SPG variants.

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« Reply #16 on: December 30, 2011, 07:42:35 AM »
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Re: Centurion Tank Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #17 on: December 30, 2011, 10:32:49 AM »
Fantastic!  Except now I might need to get a centurion kit...or a few... >:(
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« Reply #18 on: December 30, 2011, 10:59:03 AM »
Happy to be of service  :D

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Re: Centurion Tank Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #19 on: February 01, 2012, 08:35:19 AM »


This intellectual exercise (including that mental note wearing the "bare" TTD turret) satisfies my desire to do a "Leopard-2-look-alike"......

Unfortunately this one seems to have a shot trap between the glacis and the lower portion of the arrow-head addon module.  :icon_crap:
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Re: Centurion Tank Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #20 on: February 01, 2012, 08:47:26 PM »
That bass-ackwards SPG is very credible - India did something similar with their Vickers Mk.1 MBT chassis and Russian 130mm M-46 guns:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-46_Catapult

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« Reply #21 on: February 01, 2012, 10:06:36 PM »
The vehicle in question was an actual proposal, the FV 3805 (http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=12901.0) as wass the Conway below it and the Malkara launcher below that.

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« Reply #22 on: February 03, 2012, 06:30:41 AM »
... my desire to do a "Leopard-2-look-alike"...

Something similar to dy's idea that I'd done as a take on Litvak's AltCan scenario. This version is meant to be an upgraded (EMES-18 Fire Control System) and uparmoured 'ops' version for the Balkans.

The original Super Centurion lacked the slat armour and used the EMES-15 FCS (I'll mount the image if anyone is interested).

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« Reply #23 on: February 03, 2012, 06:36:14 AM »
Another spin on Litvak's AltCan concept was my SPAAG Centurion, the Artemis AAT.

The Artemis used the turret and guns from the French AMX 13/AMX 30 DCA. In Canadian service, the Artemis replaced the Ares AAT (an ex-Achilles CP with CDP tracks and twin 40mm Bofors in a Duster turret).

BTW: I went with the French turret to distinguish mine from Graeme Davidsons's amazing build of a twin Bofors Centurion SPAAG. See the build thread here: http://www.network54.com/Forum/169232/thread/1292811637/Centurion+Twin+Forty+SPAAG
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« Reply #24 on: February 03, 2012, 08:16:19 AM »
Something similar to dy's idea that I'd done as a take on Litvak's AltCan scenario.

I like Leopard 2A5's beefy turret, but yours is great.  :)
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