Re: [MV] British military superiority - tid bits

From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Fri Apr 08 2005 - 12:27:33 PDT


At 3:24 PM -0400 4/8/05, Ryan Gill wrote:
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>They did. It was the Centurion. 32 Pounder gun, Besa Coaxial MG, 20mm Orlikon Cannon, lots of armor. It wasn't more armored than the tiger, but it was a better all around tank. And it lasted in service far longer too.
>http://www.armourinfocus.co.uk/a41/index.htm

And one more bit on the Centurion. They were in use up through the 80s for the First Gulf War as Combat Engineer Vehicles like the US M60 with a large demolition gun and dozer blade.
http://members.tripod.com/~chrisshillito/a41/a41avre.htm

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