You might well be correct about the IDF bits but the evolution from Cent 3 to 5 did not involve a different turret, just a different co-ax (Besa to .30 Browning). It was straightforward to switch them so changing a 3 to a 5 could be done in a single day.

What's the difference between the Gimel and the Gimel Type II? Could it be the FCS some of them received?

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What's the difference between the Gimel and the Gimel Type II? Could it be the FCS some of them received?

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The differences AFV club tried to depict in their Gimel type two are mixed between depicting a different ERA setup on the glacis and vehicles based on different Centurion Mk variants.

- In step 17 of thee instructions you use different ERA blocks for the type II (sinle row of blocks compared to a double row of blocks)

- In step 22 you have a new turret roof with inclined loader's hatch and a periscope opening on the top left corner of the roof (just forward if the loader's hatch)

- In steep 33 you use FN Mags instad of .30 cals

These are the differences in the two kits. The Gimmel type II kit includs ALL the sprues of the Gimel 1982 plus sprue Z(new turret roof and sides) and W(new ERA blocks).

So in theory I could build four different variants, 2 turrets x 2 ERA layouts?

So in reality were they considered by the IDF as separate subtypes based on their different ERA blocks layouts, or only AFV Club differentiate them as such?

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So in theory I could build four different variants, 2 turrets x 2 ERA layouts?

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Exactly, you can build a Shot Kal Gimel based on a Mk 3 or Mk 5/5.1 Centurion with two types of front glacis armor and different machineguns for the commander and loader