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Unique ID: 2597 Added to Database: 29 May 2014 Last Edited: 27 June 2014 Type (ID): A41 Centurion (3400) Model (ID): Mark 5 (3410) Location Category (ID): Firepower Royal Artillery Museum (3250) Location (ID): Monster Bits Gallery (3253) Serial Number: 193: “193” stamped into upper right nose plate and into right idler wheel mounting. Registration: Name: Other Identification: Fitted with triple rubber-block tracks. Front and upper rear towing lugs painted white. Collection Reference: Links: 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: Firepower Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich, Borough of Greenwich, Greater London, Britain (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 Britain publication: This Centurion is a Mark 5 observation post vehicle; it has a label that reads: “Royal Artillery batteries supporting armoured formations used it as an Armoured Observation Post (AOP)... The only distinguishing feature was the extra antennae fitted for their communications equipment. As the Army replaced Centurions with Chieftain tanks at the end of the 1960s, the Centurion AOP was used less and less. Two tanks were issued to each battery but were difficult to maintain and rarely left barracks. In the 1980s, when the sophisticated Challenger was introduced, the Royal Artillery’s Centurions were retired in favour of ‘Warrior’ armoured fighting vehicles. This particular tank was used for driver training and consists of a Mark 3 hull with a Mark 5 turret.”

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June 2012 1: Upper front right view Taken: 1 June 2012 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9782 Added: 29 May 2014 Filename: IMG-6976... Views: 188 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		2: Upper front left view Taken: 1 June 2012 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9783 Added: 29 May 2014 Filename: IMG-6975... Views: 172 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		3: Upper rear right view Taken: 1 June 2012 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9784 Added: 29 May 2014 Filename: IMG-6981... Views: 179 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
4: Upper rear left view Taken: 1 June 2012 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9785 Added: 29 May 2014 Filename: IMG-6998... Views: 176 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		5: Front left view Taken: 1 June 2012 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9786 Added: 29 May 2014 Filename: IMG-6918... Views: 176 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		6: Rear left view Taken: 1 June 2012 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9787 Added: 29 May 2014 Filename: IMG-6933... Views: 154 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
7: Rear view Taken: 1 June 2012 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9788 Added: 29 May 2014 Filename: IMG-6932... Views: 151 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		8: Rear right view Taken: 1 June 2012 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9789 Added: 29 May 2014 Filename: IMG-6931... Views: 160 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		9: Front right view Taken: 1 June 2012 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9790 Added: 29 May 2014 Filename: IMG-6924... Views: 159 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
10: Front view Taken: 1 June 2012 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9791 Added: 29 May 2014 Filename: IMG-6919... Views: 157 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		11: Close-up of serial number Taken: 1 June 2012 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9792 Added: 29 May 2014 Filename: IMG-6921... Views: 147 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		12: Exhibit label Taken: 1 June 2012 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9793 Added: 29 May 2014 Filename: IMG-6920... Views: 155 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
May 2003 13: Front right view Taken: 13 May 2003 Contributor: N. Baumgardner Photo ID: 9818 Added: 27 June 2014 Filename: 100-9974... Views: 172 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		14: Front view Taken: 13 May 2003 Contributor: N. Baumgardner Photo ID: 9819 Added: 27 June 2014 Filename: 100-9971... Views: 186 Select/Has Priority: 21/0

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