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Unique ID: 2338 Added to Database: 23 June 2012 Last Edited: 8 July 2012 Type (ID): A41 Centurion (3400) Model (ID): Mark 5/2 (3411) Location Category (ID): Cavaleriemuseum (11700) Location (ID): Building AJ / Storage (11706) Serial Number: 147: “-147-” stamped into lower glacis. Registration: KX-15-30 (Dutch): “KX-15-30” painted on nose. “15-30” stamped into lower glacis. Name: “LKOL E.A.H. LICHTENVOORT CATS” painted on lower right turret side. Other Identification: “59 C” painted on front right mud flap and hull rear. “ST 07” and Dutch flag painted on front left mud flap and hull rear. Unit insignia painted on glacis. Collection Reference: Links: Military Vehicle Photos Hello Goodbye Soesterberg Flickr Bussum Bridgehead References: Associated Tanks: Leopard 1-V Tank - Cavaleriemuseum, Bernhardkazerne, Amersfoort, Utrecht, The Netherlands (Both tanks at Hello Goodbye Soesterberg 2009) M24 Chaffee Light Tank - Cavaleriemuseum, Bernhardkazerne, Amersfoort, Utrecht, The Netherlands (Both tanks at Bridgehead 2012) Location History: (see map) 1: Vickers-Armstrongs Limited, Elswick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North East England, Britain (Design parent and manufacturer 1957-58) 2: Cavaleriemuseum, Bernhardkazerne, Amersfoort, Utrecht, The Netherlands (Current location) 3: Stichting Nationaal Militair Museum, Soesterberg, Utrecht, The Netherlands (HelloGoodbye event at Soesterberg Air Base 13 June 2009) 4: Cavaleriemuseum, Bernhardkazerne, Amersfoort, Utrecht, The Netherlands (Current location) 5: Regiment Huzaren van Sytzama, Oirschot, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands (Familay Day March 2010) 6: Cavaleriemuseum, Bernhardkazerne, Amersfoort, Utrecht, The Netherlands (Current location) 7: Johannes Post Kazerne, Havelte, Darp, Drenthe, The Netherlands (Open Day May 2010) 8: Cavaleriemuseum, Bernhardkazerne, Amersfoort, Utrecht, The Netherlands (Current location) 9: Crailo, Netherlands (Bussum Bridgehead May 2012) 10: 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 fitted with triple-rubber-block track. It is painted in the markings of 59 Tank Battalion (source: L. Delsing). It is in running order and took part in the ‘Hello Goodbye’ event to mark the closure of the Soesterberg Air Base on 13 June 2009. It also took part in a family day at Oirschot on 26 March 2010, the Museumdag 2010 event at Amersfoort on 10 April 2010, and the Dutch Army Open House event at Havelte in May 2010. More recently it was at the Bussum Bridgehead 2012 event at Crailo on 12 May 2012 along with the Museum’s running M24.

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May 2010 1: Front right view Taken: 29 May 2010 Contributor: M. Krauss Photo ID: 8110 Added: 8 July 2012 Filename: FR_Centu... Views: 235 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
April 2010 2: Front view, photo by A. van Beem Taken: 10 April 2010 Contributor: Wikimedia Photo ID: 8156 Added: 8 July 2012 Filename: Picture-... Views: 479 Select/Has Priority: 21/21		3: Front left view, photo by A. van Beem Taken: 10 April 2010 Contributor: Wikimedia Photo ID: 8157 Added: 8 July 2012 Filename: Picture-... Views: 261 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		4: Driver's position, photo by A. van Beem Taken: 10 April 2010 Contributor: Wikimedia Photo ID: 8158 Added: 8 July 2012 Filename: Picture-... Views: 237 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
5: Backing out, photo by A. van Beem Taken: 10 April 2010 Contributor: Wikimedia Photo ID: 8159 Added: 8 July 2012 Filename: Picture-... Views: 223 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		6: Front right view, photo by A. van Beem Taken: 10 April 2010 Contributor: Wikimedia Photo ID: 8160 Added: 8 July 2012 Filename: Picture-... Views: 351 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		7: Front view, photo by A. van Beem Taken: 10 April 2010 Contributor: Wikimedia Photo ID: 8161 Added: 8 July 2012 Filename: Picture-... Views: 226 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
8: Front left view, photo by A. van Beem Taken: 10 April 2010 Contributor: Wikimedia Photo ID: 8162 Added: 8 July 2012 Filename: Picture-... Views: 227 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		9: Rear right view, photo by A. van Beem Taken: 10 April 2010 Contributor: Wikimedia Photo ID: 8163 Added: 8 July 2012 Filename: Picture-... Views: 261 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		10: Lower right view, photo by A. van Beem Taken: 10 April 2010 Contributor: Wikimedia Photo ID: 8164 Added: 8 July 2012 Filename: Picture-... Views: 243 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
11: Right view, photo by A. van Beem Taken: 10 April 2010 Contributor: Wikimedia Photo ID: 8165 Added: 8 July 2012 Filename: Picture-... Views: 211 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		12: Right view, photo by A. van Beem Taken: 10 April 2010 Contributor: Wikimedia Photo ID: 8166 Added: 8 July 2012 Filename: Picture-... Views: 160 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		13: Front right view, photo by A. van Beem Taken: 10 April 2010 Contributor: Wikimedia Photo ID: 8167 Added: 8 July 2012 Filename: Picture-... Views: 213 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
14: Driver's hatch, photo by A. van Beem Taken: 10 April 2010 Contributor: Wikimedia Photo ID: 8168 Added: 8 July 2012 Filename: Picture-... Views: 229 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
March 2010 15: Front right view Taken: 27 March 2010 Contributor: LKE Delsing Photo ID: 8111 Added: 8 July 2012 Filename: nvzl7l_C... Views: 453 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		16: Close-up of serial number Taken: 27 March 2010 Contributor: LKE Delsing Photo ID: 8112 Added: 8 July 2012 Filename: 2ngap3c_... Views: 201 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
September 1998 17: Front left view Taken: 21 September 1998 Contributor: LKE Delsing Photo ID: 8191 Added: 14 July 2012 Filename: FL_Cent1... Views: 226 Select/Has Priority: 21/0

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