This is a limited-edition kit and production may be discontinued at any time. This model comes disassembled and includes complete printed building instructions. Intermediate Skill Level (4-6 years building experience recommended)Īll Brickmania® model kits are made of new-condition LEGO® bricks. Also included is a high-quality sticker sheet and one custom minifig.ġ,006 LEGO®, BrickArms®, and Brickmania® elementsġ/35th scale to match other Brickmania kits Printed details include a ration crate, wheels, and rear markings.

Loaded with printed details and play features, this beastly build features simulated suspension, opening hatches, an elevating and depressing main gun, and turret mounted BrickArms. 30 cal Browning machine gunĪdditional information about this Brickmania® custom building kit: In total, 58 Centurions were used in Vietnam by the RAAC, with only six damaged beyond repair.Īrmament: 1x 20 pdr main cannon, 1x. As an in-field modification, the Centurions were stripped of their side skirts-Vietnam’s thick vegetation and mud clogged the tracks and slowed movement to a halt. These tanks, however, used the older 20 pounder gun and made landfall on February 24, 1968. and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, or ARVN, forces. Designated the Centurion Mk 5/1, Australian units fought in support of the U.S. The Royal Australian Armored Corps, or RAAC, used Centurions to great effect in Vietnam.

The Centurion saw action around the world and in many different hot spots during the Cold War. By 1960, the newest version was being produced and distributed to British and other commonwealth nations.

This gun could fire a range of munitions, including armor piercing sabots, fin-stabilized sabots, and high explosive squash heads. Early Centurions used the famous British 20-pound cannon, but in 1959 the main gun was upgraded to the Royal Ordinance Factories L7 105mm gun. Designed to take on the heavy tanks of the Soviet Union, the Centurion’s production began in earnest in late 1945. The British Centurion tank was a powerful vision of post-war tactical ideology. About the Centurion Mk 5/1 RAAC – Cold War Main Battle Tank:

Modern centurion tank