OSPREY: VANGUARD 22 The , CENTURION | TANK in Battle Simon Dunstan Colour plates by Peter Sarson, ony Bryan and David E.SmithVANGUARD SERIES EDITOR: MARTIN WINDROW The CENTURION TANK in Battle Text by SIMON DUNSTAN Colour plates by PETER SARSON, TONY BRYAN and DAVID E. SMITH OSPREY PUBLISHING LONDONPublished in 1981 by Osprey Publishing Ltd ‘Member company of the George Philip Group 12-14 Long Acre, London WC2E gLP © Copyright 1981 Osprey Publishing Ltd This book is copyrighted under the Berne Convention. Allrights reserved. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, 1956, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrical, chemical, mechanical, optical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Enquiries should be addressed to the Publishers To Edward Cover painting : Centurion Mk 5 of ‘A’ Sqn., 6th Royal Tank Rgt.; Suez, November 1956. See Plates commentaries for full details. ISBN 085045 3984 Filmset in Great Britain Printed in Hong Kong