Those first pics were proper defense cutsAll things Centurion:-
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British Centurions at the rail marshalling yards in Iserlohn, Germany, 1965.
Does anyone know what was the camouflage colours of those Canadian Cent's on the rail flats?
This guy has a few colour photos from the same time period, but the Cents appear to be plain green in the 60s and green/black in the 70s.
Harold A. Skaarup, author of Shelldrake
The Cents in the photo above seem to have a high-contrast two tone scheme, perhaps sand and green or something. I suppose that they could be green/black, and the contrast is just an effect of the light and/or semigloss paint finish.
My late brother-in-law who did his national service as a tank driver in the Israeli Army and was caught up in the 6 day war always maintained that of all the tanks he drove, the Centurion coped the best in sandy conditions.
Both feet?You knew you were driving it, what with the manual gearbox and that BFO clutch pedal that needed to be stamped on with both feet...