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From 1943 the British began the design of a tank that was similar to the German Panther tank. In 1945 the design emerged as the Centurion. It was last used in action by the British Army in 1991 during the Gulf War, having been first blooded by the British during the Korean War in 1950 and subsequently during the Suez Campaign of 1956. This work details all the variants of the Centurion used in conflicts as well as covering the specialist variants last used by the British in the Gulf War.
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Simon Dunstan is a well-established author, film maker and photographer in the field of military history, with several titles already published with Osprey. He specialises on the subject of armoured warfare, a field on which he has been writing for two decades. His books have covered topics such as helicopter and armoured warfare in Vietnam, the Challenger main battle tank, The British Guards and armoured warfare in Korea. Simon lives and works in London Peter Sarson has produced graphic cutaways for many armoured vehicle publications, and is regarded as one of the world's great illustrators of military vehicles. Peter lives and works in Dorset.
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During World War II, British tanks were severely compromised by the misguided doctrine of employing three specific types of tanks to conduct armoured operations. Read the first page
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During World War II, British tanks were severely compromised by the misguided doctrine of employing three specific types of tanks to conduct armoured operations. Read the first page
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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As New Vanguard books go this is up to their usual high standard,however,i found it dissapointing that the Centurions use in both Vietnam and the Middle East was barely covered whilst several pages about Korea were included.Compared to other volumes in the series i found that this could have done with a few more pictures from the other combat zones as this seemed to almost ignore them despite the large contribution that this tank made to both.
This is the main reason i could only give it three stars.
This is the main reason i could only give it three stars.
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Good intro to the Centurion; more combat info needed
1 Dec 2004
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The British Centurion tank is one of the most important and remarkable AFVs in history. It was developed way back in 1943 but emerged too late to fight in WWII. However, since its combat debut in the Korean War, the Centurion tank has fought with great distinction in numerous conflicts (esp. the Arab-Israeli wars of 1967, 1973, and the Indo/Pakistani War of 1965). Simon Dunstan does a good job of describing the evolution and development of the Centurion from the Korean War and onwards. He describes the different marks (e.g. Mark 3, Mark 5, Mark 7, Mark 13, the Israeli Sh'ot, and the recent Oliphant upgrade by the South African army). Dunstan does provide some combat information, such as the 8th Hussars performance in the Korean War, a brief assessment of the 1967 war, and the amazing defensive stand by Israeli Centurions along the Golan Heights in the 1973 War. I wished the author would have described more of the combat performance of the Centurion, especially during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, where the Centurions dominated the battlefield against the T54/55, the T34/85, and the JS3s of the enemy Egyptian and Syrian forces. I have an older edition of Osprey, "The Centurion Tank in Battle" (written by Simon Dunstan) which does a great job of chronicling all this combat information. Also, Dunstan could have provided a table which describes a comparison of the armor penetration of guns such as the 17 pounder, 83 mm, and 105 mm, and the armor thickness of the various marks. It would be great if Osprey publishing could come out with a revised edition of "The Centurion in Battle" which would include all of this information. As usual, the colored plates and illustrations are great.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
good book on the centurion
1 Jun 2007
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The Centurion is one of the most important and successful tanks ever, and this is a good book on it. It covers the development of this tank well. It makes a good companion to the author's earlier "The Centurion Tank in Battle", which covers better the combat career of the "Cent". The Osprey books pack a lot in a thin volume, and this one is no exception, though sometimes one wishes for a bit more. Another book on the Centurion which is probably worth checking out is "The Centurion Tank" by Bill Munro.
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