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British Centurion tank, developed at the end of World War II and used as a principal main battle tank in the armies of the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth countries through the 1960s.

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Centurion

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In tank: World War II
…introduced the prototypes of the Centurion tank with a 76-mm gun comparable to that of the German Panther. Otherwise, U.S. and British tanks were well behind the German and Soviet tanks in their gun power.
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