British Centurion Mk 5 AVRE (Plastic model) - HobbySearch Military Model Store

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--Centurion Mk.5 AVRE is a combat engineer vehicle (AVRE) specification vehicle operated by the Royal Engineers of the British Army.
--The Centurion Mk.5 is equipped with a hydraulic dozer blade on the front of the body, and an L9A1165mm crushing gun for crushing obstacles, and the turret basket is also enlarged.
――Deployment started in 1963 and will be updated sequentially from Churchill AVRE, but it has been operated for a long time due to the failure of the development of the successor Chieftain AVRE, and it was put into operation with increased armor in the 1991 Gulf War. I am.
-The characteristic short-barreled main gun equipped is the Royal Ordnance L9, which was developed at the Royal Ordnance after World War II.
――This cannon is a crushing cannon developed to destroy the defensive position, and is used to destroy walls and bunker that are obstacles to the operation.
--High-explosive squash (HESH), which weighs 29 kg and is 18 kg high-performance explosive, can be fired up to 2,400 m.
――The L9A1 installed in this Centurion Mk.5 AVRE is an improved version of the L9 equipped with a smoke evacuator (evacuator) on the barrel.

Item Size/Weight : 39.5 x 26.2 x 7.8 cm / 762g