The Centurion Tank

Shotgun SG

Well thats what happens when you don't have tools like B-52s to do some politically incorrect "radical restructuring."

Like the yanks used to say, "First rule of jungle warfare, Eliminate the jungle."

Unfortunately, applying that to urban warfare just doesn't look good when the media gets to it. =D

tankfanatic SG

"First rule of jungle warfare, Eliminate the jungle."

i like that.... ok may be not...but i like the quote.

Sepecat SG

Old Centurion with 105 mm gun is still better than AMX 13 with 75 mm gun.

With new gen ammo, 105 mm is still very potent - I bet it can still knock out a T 72.

edwin3060 SG

Hahaha....nice quote, but ultimately didn't work remember? Regardless of the daisy bombs and defoliants, the Viet Cong still could not be rooted out from the underground tunnels.

Anyway, regardless of the anti-tank capability of the old British Centurion tank, it would still pretty much rule in an urban environment, with its HESH and Cannister rounds. With the caveat of proper infantry support of course.

Sepecat SG

Wrong - First Rule of Jungle Fighting is Do Not fight the jungle - use it to your advantage.

Shotgun SG

Hahaha....nice quote, but ultimately didn't work remember? Regardless of the daisy bombs and defoliants, the Viet Cong still could not be rooted out from the underground tunnels.

Heh, that was thanks to Yanks thinking that the VCs were coming out of the jungles instead of tunnels. I think it took them a while to kill the vegetation before they went... "Ahh... so they were coming out tunnels! Not jungles!"

Hence the next law went, "First rule of tunnel warfare, Eliminate the tunnels!" And they went along merrily blowing up every thing that resembled a tunnel they saw. Same theory the GIs applied to prostitutes when they couldn't figure out they were really women or ex-men. And its legacy continues today...

Bionic Animals SG

You do have Centurions in unspecified number.

The Leo2A4 night fighting capability is as good as the M1A1 that won the first Gulf war.

It's a good tank to use in night fighting.

It's much better than T55 or T-72 night fighting capability. Their effective night engagement range are only at up to 800m. an M1A1 could deal a target at 3000m at night with ease.

Your Leo2A4 really have no equal in the region. But you do not have the strategic land to deploy them to be effective fighting machines. A tank is best used in an open terrain fighting in mass not in urban warfare. Unless your govt procure them as an invasion fighting machines.

Shh..We all know Singapore has an offensive deterrent strategy. Our Leo2A4 have a lot of jungle and forest area to work in. 66 tanks is not enough. Maybe 200 LEO2A4 still be tahan.

gary1910 SG

Shh..We all know Singapore has an offensive deterrent strategy. Our Leo2A4 have a lot of jungle and forest area to work in. 66 tanks is not enough. Maybe 200 LEO2A4 still be tahan.

More than 66.

1st order, 66 + 30 spares tanks.

2nd order as reported by ST quoting TCH,36 + unknown number of spares tanks.

So total is 102 + >30 spares.

So let say using the same ratio in the first order , the 2nd one spares tank could be as high as 16, so the total number could be as high as 148 Leo2A4!!!

CM06 SG

Aiyah, dont count the single eggs. Look at the numbers as a whole. How big is the unit going to be? That’s the strategic view and that’s what matters for the people higher up.
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arball SG

depends on how they utilize the units lar... as individual fire-support units? or as a whole unit at once (screaming and charging raging metal battalions)

the difference isnt in numbers i guess. but rather in tactics and uses.

edwin3060 SG

Depending on the situation-- in an urban fight, you need multiple small groups of tanks supporting infantry, but in a conventional fight, you need a fairly wide and deep frontage of tanks for an armoured advance. Of course, we will probably develop the latter before the former, hence the concentration of the Leo2s in 48 SAR?

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