Leopard tanks for free ?

[Mike K]

Originally posted by Tony Smith
Some relevant points.

The Centurions weren't "sold to the public". The whole fleet (less a handful retained for museums) and 250 tons of spares were sold to one tenderer, who then proceeded to develop a business selling to collectors and making conversions for the mining industry.

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Hi Tony ,

I may be incorrect on this , but from memory the winning bid for the Cents was from a consortium , made up of three individuals ...

I recall reading about it , while in Tasmania in 1989 .. it was reported in the Examiner newspaper at the time ... again I may be wrong as it was a long time ago . If they paid 10k each for them , then they would have handed over over a million dollars .. is my arithmetic correct ?

I know of one incident where a cent nearly killed it's civilian driver , he missed a gear on a hiltop and it rolled , totally out of control down the hill. It hit a bridge bang on centre at high speed .... the owner/driver had to call the main dealer and arrange for a Cent recovery tank to come and pull out the stuck runnaway . A nice big toy , I wonder how many civilian people read the manual before driving the thing .

Mike