When it was produced in the mid-60’s, it was faster than its predecessor with more powerful and versatile weaponry.

While the Centurion established the concept of the ‘main battle tank’, the Chieftain took the MBT to the next level. The Chieftain takes the advancements of the Centurion a step further. It weighs 52 tons and carries a crew of five. This tank was used in the post WWII-days of for Britain – so in the 1950s, 21mph was pretty solid. It is powered by a Rolls Royce Mk Meteor 4BH ‘V’12 cylinder 27 litre water cooled petrol engine producing 650bhp at 2500rpm which gives the Centurion a top speed of 21mph.

30in No.7 MK 1 browning machine gun, and smoke dischargers. The Centurion AVRE is fitted with an Ordnance BL 165mm L9A1 demolition gun firing a 64lb charge projectile up to 2000yds, a. After retirement, Israel gave some of the tanks to the South Lebanese Army ally. The M50 was a participant in the 1967 Six-Day War and placed as a reserve unit in 1973 for the Yom Kippur War. One of the biggest changes was up-converting the M-50, so it included a 75mm tank gun. The tank was used by Israel Defense Forces from the 1950s to the 1970s and was a modified variant of the American M4 Sherman tank. The M-50 is often called a Super Sherman.

Swiss main battle tank