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 .

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.

The Brits lost 14 tanks in only 15 minutes, according to Beaches of Normandy Tours. This and other incidents led the British army to outfit, as soon as 1945, new Centurion tanks with "boiling ...

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An Egyptian Government spokesman in Cairo said yesterday that Britain’s reported sale of 200 Centurion tanks to Israel was regarded by Egypt as a “hostile act” against the Arab countries.