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Unique ID: 2330 Added to Database: 15 June 2012 Last Edited: 15 July 2012 Type (ID): A41 Centurion (3400) Model (ID): Mark 5/2 (3411) Location Category (ID): Cavaleriemuseum (11700) Location (ID): Landsverk Building / Building C (11704) Serial Number: Registration: KX-15-20 (Dutch): “KX-15-20” painted on glacis (previously temporarily marked “KX-43-41”). Name: “VAN SYTZAMA” painted on lower turret sides (previously “ALEXANDER” painted on left turret side and “VAN SYTZAMA” painted on right turret side). Other Identification: “43C” painted on front right mud flap and hull rear. “S00” painted on front left mud flap and hull rear. “NL” painted on glacis and side stowage boxes. Mounted cavalry insignia painted on glacis and turret side stowage box. Dutch flag painted on front left mud flap. “MAX” painted on hull rear. Collection Reference: Links: The Centurion Tank of 43 Tank Battalion Regiment Huzaren Van Sytzama References: Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: Vickers-Armstrongs Limited, Elswick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North East England, Britain (Design parent and manufacturer 1957-58) 2: Instandhoudingsbedrijf Landsystemen (IBL), Leusden, Utrecht, The Netherlands (Restored 1985) 3: Langemannshof Kaserne, Osterheide, Heidekreis, Lower Saxony, Germany (43 Tank Battalion gate guardian 1987-1992) 4: Schiessplatz Bergen-Hohne, Bergen, Heidmark, Lower Saxony, Germany (43 Tank Battalion Reunion 1992) 5: Langemannshof Kaserne, Osterheide, Heidekreis, Lower Saxony, Germany (43 Tank Battalion gate guardian 1987-1992) 6: Schiessplatz Bergen-Hohne, Bergen, Heidmark, Lower Saxony, Germany (43 Tank Battalion disbandment 1992) 7: Legerplaats, Seedorf, Rotenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany (41 Tank Battalion gate guardian 1994-2002) 8: Cavaleriemuseum, Bernhardkazerne, Amersfoort, Utrecht, The Netherlands (Current location) Text in original Preserved British Tanks publication: [No entry] Text in Preserved British Tanks Update: [No entry] Text in original Preserved Tanks In The Netherlands publication: This Centurion Mark 5/2 is a well-known vehicle that has been conserved through the efforts of many individuals and groups. It was given to 43 Tank Battalion (part of Regiment Huzaren van Sytzama) on 27 August 1987, and was handed over to Lieutenant-Colonel Bosch by General J.M.A. Thomas who had been a former commander from 1976 to 1978. It had passed through the MCW Leusden workshops and been completely overhauled in 1985. At the time it was handed over in 1987 it was in full running order. It had a plaque that read: Aangeboden aan 43 Tankbataljon door de Brigade-Generaal der Cavalerie J M A Thomas d d 28 augustus 1987 Given to 43 Tank Battalion by Brigadier General of Cavalry JMA Thomas dated 28 August 1987 In 1992, for a commemorative and reunion weekend, it was decided to give the tank a facelift including a paint job and getting it moving. Unfortunately it had spent the previous five years standing at the main gate. First it was dragged along, with the engine engaged, by a Leopard ARV. This successfully cleared water that had collected in the engine out through the exhaust. The engine then started, fitfully and smoking, and eventually settled down to running smoothly. Once in basic running condition it was transported to the Langemannshof barracks at Hohne for a reunion of 43 Tank Battalion. On its return it was refurbished, repainted and re-equipped with missing items such as camouflage nets, fire extinguishers, and periscopes. A new symbolic registration number was painted on the glacis, “KX-43-41”, to represent 43 Tank Battalion, and 41 Tank Battalion to which it was planned to be transferred. 43 Tank Battalion was disbanded in July 1992. A parade was held at Langemannshof during which the tank was ceremonially transferred, under its own power, to the care of 41 Tank Battalion. It was inaugurated as a memorial, on a stone plinth, at the barracks of 41 Tank Battalion at Seedorf on 16 April 1994. It was fittingly unveiled by Brigadier General (retired) Thomas. By 2002 it had sat outside for many years and was in very poor condition. Requests were made for it to be preserved for posterity and at the end of July the tank was moved to the Amersfoort museum. From September to November 2002 it was restored and repainted, though its engine was too badly damaged to be recovered. On 4 December 2002 it was installed in its current location in the museum and on 6 December it had its 43 Tank Battalion markings repainted and it reverted to its original registration number. (Source: 43TankBataljon.nl). It is fitted with triple-rubber-block track.

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May 2011 1: Upper front right view Taken: 13 May 2011 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 7991 Added: 15 June 2012 Filename: IMG-5345... Views: 240 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		2: Upper front left view Taken: 13 May 2011 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 7992 Added: 15 June 2012 Filename: IMG-5318... Views: 199 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		3: Upper front left view Taken: 13 May 2011 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 7993 Added: 15 June 2012 Filename: IMG-5346... Views: 156 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
4: Upper rear right view Taken: 13 May 2011 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 7994 Added: 15 June 2012 Filename: IMG-5349... Views: 207 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		5: Front right view Taken: 13 May 2011 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 7995 Added: 15 June 2012 Filename: IMG-5327... Views: 199 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		6: Front view Taken: 13 May 2011 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 7996 Added: 15 June 2012 Filename: IMG-5317... Views: 191 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
7: Front left view Taken: 13 May 2011 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 7997 Added: 15 June 2012 Filename: IMG-5324... Views: 198 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		8: Rear view Taken: 13 May 2011 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 7998 Added: 15 June 2012 Filename: IMG-5325... Views: 213 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		9: Rear right view Taken: 13 May 2011 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 7999 Added: 15 June 2012 Filename: IMG-5326... Views: 214 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
July 2010 10: Front right view Taken: 22 July 2010 Contributor: LKE Delsing Photo ID: 8190 Added: 14 July 2012 Filename: FR_Cent1... Views: 194 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
January 2010 11: Front right view, photo by A. van Beem Taken: 26 January 2010 Contributor: Wikimedia Photo ID: 8171 Added: 9 July 2012 Filename: pic2_Cen... Views: 250 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
September 2007 12: Upper front left view Taken: 19 September 2007 Contributor: M. Krauss Photo ID: 8104 Added: 27 June 2012 Filename: 18_Centu... Views: 276 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
August 2007 13: Front right view Taken: 8 August 2007 Contributor: LKE Delsing Photo ID: 8188 Added: 14 July 2012 Filename: FR_Cent1... Views: 197 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		14: Front view Taken: 8 August 2007 Contributor: LKE Delsing Photo ID: 8189 Added: 14 July 2012 Filename: F_Cent15... Views: 180 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
April 2005 15: Upper front left view Taken: 23 April 2005 Contributor: D. Kibbey Photo ID: 8094 Added: 26 June 2012 Filename: dutchcen... Views: 196 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		16: Front right view Taken: 23 April 2005 Contributor: D. Kibbey Photo ID: 8095 Added: 26 June 2012 Filename: dutchcen... Views: 208 Select/Has Priority: 21/0

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