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afv cent , well here it is
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Posted: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 08:53 AM UTC
Jim,

The book is pretty good but not perfect. It contains a ton of pages from the actual tank manuals in regards to the interior of the fighting compartment and, suspension, and engine compartment.

The detail images are mainly all drawings from the manuals and include the exterior details and interior detailed exploded views.

There are black and white images of a walkaround of a Mk.5 in Kingston and black and white images of Canadian Centurions in the field ranging from the Mk.5 to Mk.11 dating from the 50's to the 70's.

The colour images are the same colour cam pattern PDFs you can find on Armoured Acorn.

There is lots of technical data on the tank performance and stats and line drawings of the 17 pdr and 20 pdr ammunition.

I used the book a little during my Centurion Mk.11 build but the walk around images like on Prime Portal of the Calgary Mk.5 and other Cents around the country such as the gate guards in Edmonton will provide those details too.

It would have been better if more actual images of the Centurions in the field were included.

My knowledge of Canadian Centurions and the modifications that took place over the years greatly increased when I built my AA Mk.11. Any questions feel free to ask and I'll try to help you out.

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