The Centurion was the last of the cruiser tanks. Six prototypes of the Centurion were rushed to Germany in 1945 before the war ended but they were not involved in combat as hostilities had ended. With a 17-pounder gun and heavy armour, the Centurion would have been a match for the German heavy tanks such as the Tiger IIs.
The Centurion Mark I also carried a co-axial Polsten 20mm which was removed in the later models.
Tank Museum, Bovington: July 2006
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