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L.Delsing · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Feb 10, 2006 Posts: 960

During a trip to this city my father took this photo from his taxi. It is at the gate of a local army barracks.

Is this a Vijavanta or a modified Centurion??

L.Delsing · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Feb 10, 2006 Posts: 960

And the second..

ossie · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Aug 20, 2006 Posts: 81

hi ya
just by looking at the picture it looks very much like a vickers mk 1 tank and it is NOT a Centurion.
Ossie

Maple_Leaf_Eh · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 517

Here is a Centurion (someone smarter than me will know the Mark), from almost the same angle.

ossie · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Aug 20, 2006 Posts: 81

Hi ya

Ok this is a Mk5 centurion when built but upgraded to a MK11 for the Canadian army. The same configuration was also used by UK.
I know my Centurions.

By the way the Vickers mk1 and Vijavanta is the same vehicle but one is built in UK the other in India
Hope this helps
Ossie

JimWeb · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 3:06 pm Post subject: Re: Pune, India

- ossie

hi ya
just by looking at the picture it looks very much like a vickers mk 1 tank and it is NOT a Centurion.
Ossie

Its an uparmoured version of the Vijayanta mk 1. It was supposed to be a transitional model between the Mk 1 & Mk 2 but neither it or the Mk 2 was produced in any numbers. Most of them ended up as war memorials.

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