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Centauro
General characteristics
Length 7.85 m
Width 2.94 m
Height 2.73 m
Weight 24 t
Suspension Wheel 8 x 8
Speed 110 km/h road
? km/h off-road
Range 800 km
Primary armament 105 mm gun
Secondary armament 2 x 7.62mm MG (coaxial, AA mount)
Armour  ? mm
Power plant V12 Diesel with Turbocharger
512 hp (382.2 kW)
Crew 4 (commander, gunner, loader and driver)

The Centauro is a wheeled tank-destroyer developed by a consortium of manufacturers, the Consorzio Iveco Fiat - Oto Melara. 400 are in service with the Italian Army and 84 with the Spanish Army. Centauro Wheeled Tank Destroyer, Italy www. ... The metre (or meter) (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... The word ton or tonne is derived from the Old English tunne, and ultimately from the Old French tonne, and referred originally to a large cask with a capacity of 252 wine gallons, which holds approximately 2100 pounds of water. ... A picture of a destroyed M113 armoured personnel carrier showing a section of the armour. ... Diesel or Diesel fuel is a specific fractional distillate of fuel oil (mostly petroleum) that is used as fuel in a diesel engine invented by German engineer Rudolf Diesel, and perfected by Charles F. Kettering. ... The horsepower (hp) is the name of several non-metric units of power. ... Iveco Eurocargo IVECO is an acronym for Industrial VEhicle COrporation, an alliance among leading European commercial vehicle manufacturers such as Fiat(including Officine Meccaniche and Lancia VI), Unic and Magirus. ... Fiat S.p. ... Oto Melara is a Italian defence company with factories in Brescia and La Spezia. ... Ariete Tanks of the Italian Ariete Tank Brigade on exercise Three Bersaglieri ride in a Dardo The Italian Army has recently become a professional all-volunteer force of 112,000 active duty personnel. ... The Spanish Army (Ejército de Tierra in Spanish; literally, Land Army) is one branch of the Spanish armed forces, in charge of land operations. ...


The Centauro Tank Destroyer is armed with an Oto Melara 105mm / 52 caliber gun.


Variants

  • Centauro Infantry Fighting Vehicle
    • Developed but the order of 240 vehicles for the Italian Army has been suspended for budgetary reasons.

Operators

Modern Wheeled Armoured Vehicles
4 x 4

AML | BRDM-2 | Ferret | FV 721 Fox | Piranha
6 x 6
AMX 10 RC | EE-9 Cascavel | Piranha | ERC 90 Sagaie | FV 601 Saladin | VBC-90
8 x 8
Centauro | Coyote | MGS | Piranha | Rooikat
10 x 10
Piranha Ariete Tanks of the Italian Ariete Tank Brigade on exercise Three Bersaglieri ride in a Dardo The Italian Army has recently become a professional all-volunteer force of 112,000 active duty personnel. ... Centauro Wheeled Tank Destroyer, Italy www. ... United Nations Panhard AML. The Panhard AML( called the AML 245 by Panhard) 60/90 is a light armoured car with permanent 4x4 drive which gives it exceptional mobility. ... The BRDM-2 (Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dozornaya Mashina, Боевая Разведывательная Дозорная Машина, literally Combat Reconnaissance/Patrol Vehicle †) is an armored scout car used by Russia and the former Soviet Union. ... General characteristics Length 12 ft 2 in, 3. ... The FV 721 Fox Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (wheeled) was a 4x4 armoured car deployed by the British Army as a replacement for the Ferret scout car and the Saladin Armoured Car. ... Piranha-derived LAV25 in USMC service Canadian Piranha-derived, six-wheeled Cougar AVGP, with Scorpion tank turret (76 mm gun) Prototype of a Mobile Gun System derivative of the Piranha, mounting a 105mm tank gun Piranha-derived Stryker, clad with a supplementary anti-HEAT shell slat armour Canadian Forces Piranha... AMX 10 RC on a trailer The AMX 10 RC is a wheeled light tank in service in the French Army. ... The EE-9 Cascavel is a 6x6 armoured car developed in the seventies by ENGESA of Brasil. ... Piranha-derived LAV25 in USMC service Canadian Piranha-derived, six-wheeled Cougar AVGP, with Scorpion tank turret (76 mm gun) Prototype of a Mobile Gun System derivative of the Piranha, mounting a 105mm tank gun Piranha-derived Stryker, clad with a supplementary anti-HEAT shell slat armour Canadian Forces Piranha... General Characteristics (ERC 90 Sagaie) Length: 7,70m Width: 2,50m Height: 2,25m Mass: 8,3t Speed: 90km/h Range: 730km Primary armament: 1 cannon 90mm Secondary armament: 2 7,62 machine guns Power plant: hp Crew: 3 The ERC 90 SAGAIE is a six-wheeled light tank. ... General characteristics Length 4. ... The VBC-90 is a light armoured vehicle armed with a 90 mm gun. ... The Coyote Reconnaissance Vehicle is an armoured fighting vehicle built by General Motors of Canada for the Canadian Armed Forces. ... The Mobile Gun System is an eight-wheeled armoured fighting vehicle mounting a 105 mm tank gun, derived from the Mowag Piranha. ... Piranha-derived LAV25 in USMC service Canadian Piranha-derived, six-wheeled Cougar AVGP, with Scorpion tank turret (76 mm gun) Prototype of a Mobile Gun System derivative of the Piranha, mounting a 105mm tank gun Piranha-derived Stryker, clad with a supplementary anti-HEAT shell slat armour Canadian Forces Piranha... The Rooikat is a wheeled armored fighting vehicle built in South Africa for the South African Army. ... Piranha-derived LAV25 in USMC service Canadian Piranha-derived, six-wheeled Cougar AVGP, with Scorpion tank turret (76 mm gun) Prototype of a Mobile Gun System derivative of the Piranha, mounting a 105mm tank gun Piranha-derived Stryker, clad with a supplementary anti-HEAT shell slat armour Canadian Forces Piranha...


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Centauro Rent a Car, one of the leading companies in the leisure car industry, offers you the best car rental rates in Alicante, Málaga, Palma, Ibiza, Menorca, Valencia, Almería, Murcia & Jerez Airport.
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Army Technology - Centauro - Wheeled Tank Destroyer (898 words)
The Centauro family of 8x8 vehicles consists of the reconnaissance anti-tank vehicle, the VBC infantry fighting vehicle and the armoured personnel carrier, all with a common chassis.
Centauro is capable of firing while stationary or on the move, against moving or stationary targets by day or night.
The Centauro reconnaissance anti-tank vehicle has a crew of four (commander, gunner, loader and driver) and is equipped with an Oto Melara 105mm / 52-calibre gun.
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