11/15/2023 0 Comments Centurion tank![]() ![]() There are six pairs of road wheels on each side with the drive sprocket at the rear and idler at the front, three track return rollers are fitted. ![]() ![]() Housed within a self-contained Bogie which is bolted to the outside of the hull it causes little or no encroachment on internal hull space, consequently, the entire suspension unit may be relatively easily removed and replaced if damaged, e.g., by Mine. The suspension is of the Hortmann type, a system that uses Coil Springs and has the advantage of a relatively long travel. The vehicle is also fitted with a Morris USHNM Mk 2 water-cooled, petrol engine, 4 cylinder side valve, producing 20bhp to drive a 3kw Dynamo for charging the batteries and powering the turret. The Centurion Main Battle Tank Mk13 is fitted with the Rolls Royce Mk 4B, ‘V’12 cylinder, 27 litre water cooled petrol engine, producing 650bhp at 2500rpm, giving the vehicle a top speed of 21mph and a fuel consumption of about 3-4 gallons per mile (depending on driving conditions). The dischargers are designed to fire the No.80 grenade using electric No.F103 MK 2 and 3 fuse’s as propellant. You will notice smoke discharges on both sides of the turret which would provide a readily available smoke screen to allow the vehicle to manoeuvre under smoke cover. 50in M2 browning mounted co-axially with the main gun for ranging purposes. 30in browning mounted alongside the main gun and. 30in No.7 MK 1 browning machine gun for use by the commander for defence against ground troops and low flying aircraft. The Centurion Main Battle Tank Mk13 is fitted with an Ordnance 105mm L7A1 gun firing HE (high-Explosive) and APDS (armoured-piercing discarding sabot) rounds. ![]() Today the 09 BB 33 is used as one of Norfolk Tank Museum’ centre pieces for ARMOURFEST. 5in ranging machine gun offering the gunner a simple and accurate method of range finding over the complex optical instruments and the fitting of a thermal sleeve to the barrel, designation was now altered to a MK13. The Final modification was the fitting of a. This new tank was re-designated to a MK10. The major drawback to this was that any tank using such a system was readily visible to enemy equipped with similar IR system. In the early 1960’s 09-BB-33 went through her first major upgrade being up-gunned to a 105mm L7A1 gun, the fitting of a basket to the rear of the turret, infra-red driving lights and drivers sight, commanders and gunners infra-red gun sights, a 22inch infra-red 1KW search light mounted on the mantel. A new design of gun control kit was also introduced. The cupola also incorporated two semi-circular doors which could be raised in the closed position to give umbrella protection while retaining the advantage of direct vision.
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