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RedtailFox — Centurion Tank on display
Published: 2011-05-15 05:19:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 2122; Favourites: 37; Downloads: 95
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On the 14th of May 2011 I attended the third 'Air and land spectacular' at Emu Gully Adventure camp just east of Toowoomba. I attended this event when it first started back in '09 and I have to say that I really loved it. This year it was bigger and better and although things did not work out exactly as planned, a great time was had by all.A Centurion tank on display outside the staging area before the Reenactment.
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yeah, she is a beast
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Great tank.Shame it did not see combat against the panther and tiger.Thanks for the pic.
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I would run. Looks badass. Where this tanks driving there?
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yeah, it ran and I got some shakey footage of it backing into position
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Probably the best immediate post-war tank in the world.
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yeah, and a decent number exist throughout the world
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I prefer the Centurion without the side skirts, looks more badass. Awesome tank, awesome photo!
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Nice tank, that.
South Africa's current Main Battle Tank is, believe it or not, a heavily modified Centurion called the Olifant. It has all the latest electronic warfare doodans, armor add-ons, etc. But it began life as a WW2 model tank.
Still, tank warfare being somewhat outmoded in this day and age, we never got an entirely new platform. Apparently we were planning to, and then the Cold War went and ended
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We used it for a long time before replacing it, and many still exist in museums and private collections
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