Centurion

FV 4001 Centurion (A41)

Vehicle seen at Beltring 2002, possibly a Mk.10?.

Variants:
Mk 1: 17-pdr armed.	Mk 9 (FV 4012): Mk 7 up-armoured and fitted with 105mm Gun.
Mk 2: 17-pdr armed.	Mk 9/1: Mk 9 fitted with Infra Red equipment and turret stowage basket.
Mk 3: 20-pdr armed with 7.92mm Besa Co-Axial MG	Mk 9/2: Mk 9 with Ranging MG.
Mk 4: Howitzer armed - did not enter production.	Mk 10 (FV 4017): Up-armoured Mk 8 fitted with 105mm Gun.
Mk 5: 20-pdr armed with .30 cal (7.62mm) Co-Axial MG	Mk 10/1: Mk 10 fitted with Infra Red equipment and turret stowage basket.
Mk 5/1 (FV 4011):Up-armoured Mk 5.	Mk 10/2: Mk 10 with ranging MG.
Mk 5/2: 105mm Armed Mk 5.	Mk 11: Mk 6 fitted with Ranging MG, Infra Red and turret stowage basket.
Mk 6: Mk 5 with external fuel tank fitted to rear of vehicle.	Mk 12: Mk 9 fitted with Ranging MG, Infra Red and turret stowage basket.
Mk 6/1: Mk 6 fitted with Infra Red equipment and turret stowage basket.	Mk 13: Mk 10 fitted with Ranging MG and Infra Red equipment.
Mk 6/2: Mk 6 with >50 cal (12.7mm) Ranging MG for 105mm Gun.	Engineer Variants:
Mk 7 (FV 4007): 20-pdr armed, barrel fitted with fume extractor, designed by Leyland.	Mk 5 Bridgelayer (FV 4002): Mk 5 converted to carry and launch a class 80 bridge.
Mk 7/1 (FV 4012): Mk 7 with additional armour.	Mk 5 AVRE (FV 4003): Armed with a 165mm Demolition Charge Projector and fitted with an hydraulic dozer blade.
Mk 7/2: Mk 7 fitted with 105mm Gun.	Mk 2 ARV (FV 4006): Based on a Mk 3 hull.
Mk 8: A development of a the Mk 7 with contra-rotating cupola for commander, new gun mantlet fitted.	Mk 5 ARK (FV 4016): Similar to WWII Arks where the vehicle drives into the ditch ect.
Mk 8/1: Up-armoured Mk 8.	CEBARV (FV 4018): Beach Armoured recovery Vehicle
Mk 8/2: Mk 8 fitted with a 105mm Gun.

DATA : Mk.7
Year:	1944	Hull Length:	25' 8"
Main Armament:	105mm	Width:	11' 2"
Machine Guns:	2x 7.62mm 30cal	Height:	9' 11"
Armour:	152mm	Engine:	Rolls-Royce Meteor 6b, V-12, 650bhp
Crew:	4	Speed:	22mph
Weight:	51tons	Range:	120miles

MBT Mk1 (A41):

03ZR70, Mk.1 on display at Bovington Tank Museum.

MBT Mk.3:

Mk.3 with a Mk.5 turret on display at the Fire Power Museum.

03ZR71, was a trials vehicle fitted with the flame thrower from a Churchill Crocodile on display at Bovington Tank Museum

MBT MK.5:

Vehicle on display at IWM Duxford.
(Temporary picture off the web until I locate my pictures of this vehicle)

MBT MK.6:

08ZR61 seen at the now defunct Museum of Army Transport, Beverley now on display at RAF Cosford air museum.

MBT MK.10:

26BW10, Mk.10 on display at the Muckleburgh Collection.

84BA91, Mk.10 on display at IWM Duxford.

Rear of a Mk.10 at Bovington Tank Museum.

MBT Mk.13:

Mk. 13 on display at Bovington Tank Museum.	Mk.13 04CC85 AVRE on display at IWM Duxford.
Mk.13 seen at Beltring, 2004.

ARK:

01ZR95 on display at the Royal Engineers Museum.

Bridgelayer:

Vehicle on display at the Royal Engineers Museum.

Vehicle on display at Bovington Tank Museum.

AVRE:

This vehicle seen at Beltring 2003 was originally a 105mm armed gun tank and was converted to a ARVE; as a gun tank it was the first Centurion to enter Egypt during the Suez crisis and as a ARVE it was the first tank into Iraq during the first Gulf war. It was restored as part of a TV program. The vehicle is fitted with mock up ERA blocks made from sheet metal to represent how it looked during the Gulf war .

Vehicle on display at the Cobbaton Combat Collection was deployed to Saudi Arabia during the first Gulf War and whilst being unloaded, broke its lifting hooks and fell into the harbour.