Swiss Centurion Tank - Panzer Full-Reuenthal

Centurion Tank at museum demonstration switzerland

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[thadutchguy]

yeah but if you see that it is designed in the late 1940's and was still in use in the mid 1970's...that is a prove that a good training can do anything;)

and the first Merkava tank (israeli tank) is in fact a Centurion tank that has gone back on the design table;)

[frank234you]

I have seen of 1 that is privately owned in Australia. 4,400 were made.

[45ccd]

@frank234you in mareeba?

they are fucking sick.

[MSR8MASR]

@LupusAries Also, the soviet armor fared well, when fighting western designs at close combat, where the advantages of range, and effectiveness of western main tanks guns were no longer applicable. At the Chinese farm.

However, attacking hull-down wetern tanks with much longer effective firing ranges, excellent air support, and the western world's newest anti-tank missiles, the TOW's, the attack was proved to be a total disaster. That's why Egyptian generals opposed this plan, but Sadat insisted

[MSR8MASR]

@LupusAries I have read according to some Israeli sources, or based on Israeli reports that the Syrians had night-fighting equipment for their tanks, now the Syrians have proven to be noncompetitive in battle several times, the Syrian military is best only at killing it's own unarmed ppl.

For Egypt, at the other hand, we had to rely on infantry-operated anti-tank weapons to support our soviet tanks against superior western tanks operated by the Israelis.

[LupusAries]

@MSR8MASR Don´t forget the T-55 had a night vision device sooner than the Centurion. Which gave it a definitive Night Fighting advantage. Also the Syrian Training for example was really and I mean really crappy. Try to read "Centurion vs. T-55 Yom Kippur War" by Osprey, it´s an englightening book on it.

[MSR8MASR]

@thadutchguy what training?

we're talking about heavy 50+ton tanks using L7 105mm guns which are close in performance to 120mm L44 tank guns up to 3000 meters going against crappy soviets designs with mainguns not useful after 1600 meters, with absolutely no range finding devices, with no ability to use tank hull-down position tactics, and weighting at least 10 tons less in a time were each pound of steel counted for protection

thank the tank designers, not the crew

[MSR8MASR]

@thadutchguy what training?

we're talking about heavy 50+ton tanks using L7 105mm guns which are close in performance to 120mm L44 tank guns up to 3000 meters going against crappy soviets designs with mainguns not useful after 1600 meters, with absolutely no range finding devices, with no ability to use tank hull-down position tactics, and weighting at least 10 tons less in a time were each pound of steel counted for protection

thank the tank designers, not the crew

[banoffee2001]

@kcopy The Sherman Firefly had a 17lb gun,which is equivalent to 76mm. Sherman Firefly could take out Tigers and Panthers. So...75mm is weak??

[banoffee2001]

@kcopy It was at its best when it had the 105mm. I am only quoting from a military historian who stated that the Centurion would have defeated any German tank in the 2nd world war. The 75mm is very effective.As used by the Panther and Stug.

I dont know what is your point. Th Centurion tank was a first class tank.

[kcopy]

@banoffee2001 1st setup was with 75mm

[AgCCannonFodder]

@discovery110 "Panzer" simply means armour, it's short for "PanzerKampfWagon" or Armoured Fighting Vehicle... and no, as the video title states, it's a centurion tank, that was developed by the British in WW2, it was delivered just too late to take on the German Panzers.