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Ace Models: Centurion on Steriods
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Posted: Saturday, December 31, 2016 - 07:12 AM UTC


Fighting Vehicle 4005 (FV-4005) Stage II was an experimental tank destroyer that mounted a big gun on a Centurion chassis.

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Posted: Sunday, January 01, 2017 - 03:44 PM UTC
This is sitting at the exit gate to Bovington - it's quite impressive
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Posted: Sunday, January 01, 2017 - 03:47 PM UTC
you can see it on Google maps => https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.6958564,-2.2441261,3a,75y,46.36h,105.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spdsmqH3NUx8oUYVOfjU0lQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
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Posted: Sunday, January 01, 2017 - 06:49 PM UTC

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experimental tank destroyer


More like a destroyer destroyer...
Taeuss
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Posted: Sunday, January 01, 2017 - 11:27 PM UTC
What a god-awful ugly beast! I think that the JS crews were thinking "big target" if they that ever gone up against this abortion. I think that I'd have rather been crew on a Centurion than this. That aside, it might prove an interesting footnote build for some.
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