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L.Delsing
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 8:59 am Post subject: Pune, India
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??

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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:00 am Post subject: Re: Pune, India
And the second..

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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:57 am Post subject: Re: Pune, India
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

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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 2:06 pm Post subject: Re: Pune, India
Here is a Centurion (someone smarter than me will know the Mark), from almost the same angle.

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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 2:53 pm Post subject: Re: Pune, India
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

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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 3:06 pm
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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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