Centurion Mk. 5/1 RAAC
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Centurion Mk. 5/1 RAAC
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[Client Values; Actual values in
6,500  Cost |
| 1400280 HP Hit Points |
| 51/5322.81/53 t Weight Limit |
- Commander
- Gunner
- Driver
- Loader (Radio Operator)
| 950950 hp Engine Power |
| 50/20 km/h Speed Limit |
| 3636 deg/s Traverse |
| 18.6341.65 hp/t Power/Wt Ratio |
| YesYes Pivot |
| // mm Hull Armor |
| 254/88.9/88.9254/88.9/88.9 mm Turret Armor |
AP/APCR/HE
AP/APCR/HE Shells |
680/4400/170
680/4400/170 Shell Cost |
| 230/230/280230/230/280 HP Damage |
| 226/258/42226/258/42 mm Penetration |
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8 r/m ▲
8 r/m Standard Gun ▲ Rate of Fire Standard Gun |
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1840 ▲
Standard Gun
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Standard Gun
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1840 Standard Gun ▲
Standard Gun
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Standard Gun
▲ Damage Per Minute Standard Gun |
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0.33 m ▲
0.33 m With 50% Crew: 0.409 m ▲ Accuracy With 50% Crew: 0.409 m |
| 2.3 s 2.3 s Aim time |
| 3636 deg/s Turret Traverse |
| 360° Gun Arc |
| -10°/+18°-10°/+18° Elevation Arc |
| 6565 rounds Ammo Capacity |
| 2020 % Chance of Fire |
| 400 m 400 m View Range |
| 750 m 750 m Signal Range |
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The Centurion Mk. 5/1 RAAC is a British tier 8 premium medium tank.
A variant of the British post-war Centurion Mk. 5 tank with improved frontal armor, machineguns, and a more powerful engine. The vehicle featured a 100-gallon additional armored fuel tank in the rear, and was not provided with screens. The tank saw service in Australian tank units in Vietnam.
Modules / Available Equipment and Consumables
Modules
Guns
| Tier | Gun | Penetration (mm) |
Damage (HP) |
Rate of fire (rounds/minute) |
Dispersion (m/100m) |
Aiming time (s) |
Weight (kg) |
Price (  )
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IX | OQF 20-pdr Gun Type B Barrel | 226/258/42 | 230/230/280 | 8 | 0.33 | 2.3 | 1282 | 180000 |
Engines
| Tier | Engine | Engine Power (hp) |
Chance of Fire on Impact (%) |
Weight (kg) |
Price ( )
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIII | Rolls-Royce Meteor Mk. IVB (900) | 950 | 20 | 744 | 30000 |
Suspensions
| Tier | Suspension | Load Limit (т) |
Traverse Speed (gr/sec) |
Rmin | Weight (kg) |
Price ( )
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIII | Centurion Mk. 5/1 RAAC | 53 | 36 | 0 | 10000 | 33000 |
Radios
| Tier | Radio | Signal Range (m) |
Weight (kg) |
Price ( )
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | C42/B47 AFV stations complete | 750 | 80 | 54000 |
Compatible Equipment
Compatible Consumables
Player Opinion
Pros and Cons
Pros:
- Good accuracy, very good penetration
- Very strong turret armor
- Great gun depression
- Good viewrange
- Good acceleration and forward/reverse speed
Cons:
- Very large profile with low camouflage value
- Poor hull armor, only the upper glacis is well protected
- Lacks sideskirts, vulnerable to HE splash damage
- High shell cost per damage done
- Underwhelming gun handling for a medium tank
Performance
Basically a stock Centurion Mk. 7/1 with the 950hp engine, downtiered. Yet with significantly lower RoF (10.53 rounds/min vs 8 rounds/min, for the same gun in the Centurion Mk. 7/1 and in this tank, respectively.), its playstyle rather resembles that of its brethren, the Cent. Mk. I. Differences in their armor layout does matter, but not to any great extent: if left unangled, the thicker UFP still won't hold against anything higher than 200mm pen, which isn't absent from even tier-7s; the sideskirts do pre-detonate HE and HEAT shells, but the hull sides aren't thick enough to resist most HEAT at its tier anyways. Those familiar tactics inherited from other British meds work highly effective in this vehicle, and it would prove to be very rewarding doing so.
This tank can be seen like the tier 10 M48A5 Patton, at tier 8, although with a gun handling best described as average or even mediocre and a lower alpha value to compensate it for being a tier 8 tank. Still, the gun is good for its tier considering that most of its tier 8 peers have 200-212mm penetration value in average. The eggshell hull may be seen to be better than the frontal plate but the frontal plate (upper) can hold up at its tier. Over angling the upper frontal plate exposes the side of it which has the side armor value. This can lead to being penetrated and also being tracked all at once. The turret, however, can give even the mighty Jagdpanzer E-100 some problems provided that it hits the mantlet, and only on some lucky occasions. It can have 300-400mm effective armor thickness and mantlet can absorb 420mm pen heat rounds from it, when it is hulldown. Against Swedish TD's or high-tier Russian HEAT rounds, however, the chance of bouncing their shots with the turret is a 50/50 especially if it hits the areas next to the mantlet. In short, against high-penetrating premium rounds from tier 9 tanks and upwards, and from some tier 8 TDs, the turret can quite unreliable, but fortunately it can reliably bounce standard rounds from tanks of its peers and even from tanks above its tiers. Mobility wise, it is better tier-per-tier compared to the M48A5 Patton, but not that much. Overall, a classic British hull-down medium tank in line with its Medium tank high-tier brethren, with a good gun and a reliable turret.
Early Research
Premium vehicle, comes elite in its stock configuration.
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