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| Specification | Centurion (tank) | K2 Black Panther |
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| Type | Main battle tank[source] | Main battle tank[source] |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom[source] | South Korea[source] |
| In service | 1945–present (derivatives still in service)[source] | 2014–present[source] |
| Used by | see Operators[source] | See Operators |
Hull only 24 ft 9.5 in (7.557 m) With gun forward 32 ft 3 in (9.83 m)[source]
Chassis
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Single sourceOverall: 10.8 meters (35 ft 5 in) Chassis : 7.5 meters (24 ft 7 in)[source]
Maximum; Maximum speed
Single source21.5 mph (34.6 km/h)[source]
Maximum; Cross country Acceleration from
Single sourceMaximum; Paved road
Single sourcePaved road: 70 km/h (43 mph) Cross country: 50 km/h (31 mph) Acceleration from 0–32 km/h (0–20 mph) in 7.47 seconds (MT883 Ka-501) or 8.77 seconds (DV27K)[source]
Rolls-Royce Meteor 4B at 2550rpm
Single sourceRolls-Royce Meteor 4B 650 hp (480 kW) at 2550rpm[source]
Batch I: STX Engine/ MTU Friedrichshafen MT883 Ka-501 4- short stroke , 12-cylinder water-cooled diesel, dry weight: 2,064 kg Batch II-IV: HD Hyundai Infracore DV27K 4- long stroke , 12-cylinder water-cooled diesel, dry weight: 2,550 kg
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Single sourceBatch I: STX Engine/ MTU Friedrichshafen MT883 Ka-501 4- short stroke , 12-cylinder water-cooled diesel, dry weight: 2,064 kg 1,500 hp (1,103 kW) Batch II-IV: HD Hyundai Infracore DV27K 4- long stroke , 12-cylinder water-cooled diesel, dry weight: 2,550 kg 1,500 hp (1,110 kW)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Wars | Korean War Suez Crisis Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Six-Day War Black September Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 War of Attrition Yom Kippur War Vietnam War South African Border War Operation Motorman ( AVRE ) 1978 South Lebanon conflict BARV 1982 Lebanon War Somali Civil War Gulf War (AVRE) 2006 Lebanon War First Libyan Civil War[source] | — |
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| Unit cost | £35,000 (1950), £38,000 (1952)[source] | ₩ 7.8 billion (production batch 1) US$ 8.5 million (constant 2009 USD)[source] |
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| No. built | 4,423[source] | Republic of Korea Army : Batch I: 100, Batch II: 106, Batch III: 54, Batch IV: 150 (ordered) Polish Land Forces : Batch I: 180, Batch II: 180 (ordered) Total: 440[source] |
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| Armour | 51–152 mm (2.0–6.0 in)[source] | — |
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| Main armament | 105 mm L7 rifled gun 20 pdr (84 mm) rifled gun 17 pdr (76.2mm) rifled gun[source] | Hyundai WIA CN08 120 mm 55 caliber smoothbore gun (40 rounds, 16 available in the bustle autoloader )[source] |
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| Secondary armament | Co-axial Besa machine gun (Mark 3) .30 cal Browning machine gun (Mark 5 onwards)[source] | 1× 12.7×99mm NATO K6 heavy machine gun (3,200 rounds) 1× 7.62×51mm NATO coaxial machine gun (12,000 rounds)[source] |
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| Power/weight | 13 hp/t (9.2 kW/t)[source] | 27.3 hp/t (20.35 kW/t)[source] |
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| Transmission | 5-speed Merrit-Brown Z51R Mk. F gearbox[source] | Batch I-III: RENK HSWL 295 TM (5 forward, 5 reverse gears), dry weight: 2,450 kg Batch IV: SNT Dynamics EST15K (6 forward, 3 reverse gears), dry weight: 2,500 kg[source] |
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| Suspension | Modified Horstmann[source] | Semi-active in-arm suspension unit (ISU) with dynamic track tension system (DTTS)[source] |
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| Ground clearance | 1 ft 8 in (0.51 m)[source] | — |
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| Fuel capacity | 120 imperial gallons (546 L; 144 US gal)[source] | 1,296 liters (342 U.S. gal)[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Leyland Motors, Royal Ordnance Factory, Vickers[source] | Hyundai Rotem[source] |
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| Designer | — | Agency for Defense Development Hyundai Rotem Poongsan Corporation Hanwha Systems Samyang Comtech Hyundai WIA Doosan Mottrol[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1995–2008[source] |
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| Produced | — | 2008–present[source] |
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| Armor | — | MIL-12560H armor steel and silicon carbide non-oxide ceramic plate along with ERA add-on armor[source] |
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