The Centurion Tank

by Pat Ware and Brian Delf

Book Overview

Few tank designs have been as effective, versatile and long-lived as that of the British Centurion. Conceived during the Second World War as the answer to the superior German Tiger and Panther tanks and to the lethal 88mm gun, this 52-ton main battle tank incorporated the lessons British designers had learned about armored fighting vehicles during the conflict, and it was free of the major faults that had impaired the other British tank designs of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781590117
• ISBN13: 9781781590119
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.3" x 9.5"