The Centurion saga begins with a dismal prologue: British tank design during World War II. Despite inventing the tank in the First World War, British armor in the next conflict was a disaster.

The British allies took the new Challenger 1 Tanks to their first combat tour, and the Soviet T72 tanks employed by the ...

The origin story of the Centurion – one of Britain's most important tanks and perhaps one of the most influential tank designs ever– goes all the way back to the Second World War.

Centurion and Birth of the Main Battle Tank Development of the Centurion began in 1943, when the British War Office issued a requirement for a new heavy cruiser tank, designated as the A41 .

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. THE Centurion tank, launched in 1945, is celebrating its 80th anniversary. The Centurion, a major engineering success for the British Army ...

The U.K. has remained a major tank power ever since, designing and building its own tanks, all of which start with the letter C: Crusader, Comet, Cromwell, Centurion, Chieftain, Challenger ...

The T-34 isn't the only tank in service that's eligible for a senior-citizen discount. The American M3 Stuart also has yet to quit, and operational variants of the Brit's Centurion tank can still ...

As an unseasonably cool easterly wind from the Syrian plateau whipped around him, Roni Mansur clambered up the back of his old tank. Decades ago, manning the Centurion tank, or Sho’t in IDF parl ...

Located off Manston Lane, Centurion Fields forms part of a joint 45-acre development with Strata for a total of 395 homes, on land that was formerly the Vickers Tank factory. Redrow is proposing ...