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Old 09-04-17, 07:28
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Ok Canadian Centurion experts...did we ever employ the Centurion with L9 165mm demo gun here in Canada?

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Old 09-04-17, 14:56
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Ok Canadian Centurion experts...did we ever employ the Centurion with L9 165mm demo gun here in Canada?

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Clive Law's books will give you the definitive answer. But off the top of my head, no. That is an engineer variant, and I con't think the RCE thumperheads were using anything quite so specialized.
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Thanks Terry, I have Clive's book in the archives, will dig it up to verify. It was a longshot

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Ah Hah! The Centurion AVRE, the star of Operation Motorman when the British Army deployed tracked vehicles on the streets of Northern Ireland against their own populace, a dubious part of British history.

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Ahh yes...had forgotten about Motorman...evidently also the last Cent in active service...nicknamed "the antiques roadshow" during the gulf war
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