sight, a CelsiusTech integrated Tank Fire Control system, the 71 mm Lyran illuminating twin launcher system and an AVDS-1790-2DC 750 hp V-12 aircooled diesel engine coupled to an Allison CD-850-6A automatic transmission, By the early nineties over 80 of the Strv 101/102 f l e e t ' h a d been modernised to what is believed to be known as the Strv 104 standard, to be phased out, Tariq - 293 Jordanian Centurions of various marks were converted during 1981 -85 to a single standard, This involved the fitting of a 105 mm M68 rifled gun, a Belgian SABCA Atlas Mk 1 computerised fire control system with integral gunner's laser rangefinder sight assembly module, a 750 hp TCM AVDS-1790-2CC turbocharged diesel powerpack with automatic transmission, hydro-pneumatic suspension and HR Textron Inc. turret power control and weapon/turret stabilisation systems, Combat support vehicles still in service based on the Centurion chassis include the Mk 2 ARV (FV4006) and the Centurion BARV (FV4018). The latter vehicles, of which only three are left out of the 12 originally built, are used in support of the Royal Marine amphibious forces,
Specification: First prototype: Mk 1 1945 First production: 1946-62 (4422 built of Mark numbers 1/2/3/5//7//8/9/1- - the Mark numbers 6/11/12/13 were conversions of earlier models) Current users: Denmark (Mk 5, Mk 5/2), Jordan (Tariq conversion), Singapore (Mk 5/Mk 7), Sweden (Strv 101/Strv 102/Strv 104) Crew: 4 Combat weight: 50 730 kg Ground pressure: 0.9 kg/cm2 Length, gun forwards: Mk 5 9.56 m; Mk 5/2 9.85 m Width (with skirts): 3.39 m Height (without AA gun): 2.94 m Ground clearance: 0.46 m Max. road speed: 35 km/h Maximum range: 100 km Fording: unprepared 1.45 m Gradient: 60% Side slope: 30% Vertical obstacle: 0.91 m Trench: 3,35mm Powerpack: Rolls Royce Mk IVB V-l 2 liquid-cooled petrol engine developed 650 hp and coupled to a Merrit-Brown Z51R manual transmission Armament: (main) Mk 5-1x20 pdr gun (65 rounds), Mk 5/2 - 1 x 105 mm gun 64 rounds); (coaxial) 1 x 7.62 mmMG; (anti-aircraft) 1 x 7.62 mmMG; (smoke dischargers) 2 x 6
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