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The new kit from ACE Models is a British Centurion Mk.5 with an armoured fuel trailer, which extended its operating range.

The Centurion Mk.5LR was the primary British main battle tank of the post-World War II period. It is widely considered to be one of the most successful post-war tank designs, remaining in production into the 1960s, and seeing combat in the front lines into the 1980s.

The chassis was also adapted for several other roles, and these have remained in service to this day. Tank had a fuel capacity of 120 gallons but could do only about 3 miles per gallon on a cross country. In 1953 a device known as Mono-wheel trailer was introduced, invented by of colonel T. Clarke.

The trailer was fixed to the back of Centurion and ran on a single castor wheel; the armoured body contained 200 gallons of petrol which could be pumped into Centurion’s fuel tanks as required. The trailer could also be jettisoned in a hurry should a need arise.

Australia upgraded all their Centurions Mk.3 to Mk.5/1 LR. The suffix LR stands for Long Range after the fitting of a 100-gallons armoured fuel tank to the rear hull plate.

Despite its small scale, the kit has a good number of parts and comes with 2 frets of photo etch. For more details about the kit you can check the manufacturers page:
http://acemodel.com.ua/en/model/636