Tier VIII Medium Tank Great Britain

Centurion Mk. 5/1 RAAC

Centurion 5/1

Tank ID 56913

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

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.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

1,400

Weight

51.0 t

Forward speed

50 km/h

Reverse speed

20 km/h

View range

400 m

Signal range

750 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	121	51	38
Turret	254	89	89

Engine: Rolls-Royce Meteor Mk. IVB (900) · 950 hp

Radio: C42/B47 AFV stations complete

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

OQF 20-pdr Gun Type B Barrel

Calibre 83 mm

Reload time 7.0 s

Aiming time 2.3 s

Dispersion 0.33

Rate of fire 8.57 /min

Ammo capacity 65

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 173 / 230 / 288

Penetration 170 / 226 / 283 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 173 / 230 / 288

Penetration 194 / 258 / 323 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 210 / 280 / 350

Penetration 32 / 42 / 53 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

1,854

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

2,697

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

3,484

Approximation based on WN8 expected values — not an official Wargaming figure.

WN8 Expected Values

XVM reference

XVM Expected Values for WN8 calculation (per battle)

Per battle (avg.)

Avg. damage 1,124

Avg. spotted 1.33

Avg. kills 0.76

Avg. defence 0.71

Exp. win rate 51.82 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

Average across every profile stored on WG-Watch — real battles instead of expected values.

Win rate

55.18 %

Avg. WN8

2,264

Battles

11,749

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 94 of 228 at Tier VIII

Best players on this tank

By WN8

From the stored profiles, minimum 50 battles on this vehicle. Updated daily.

#	Player	WN8	Battles	Win rate
1	mailand eu	5,073	85	65.88 %
2	skill4ltu eu	4,926	135	65.19 %
3	Rasierer32 eu	4,892	86	66.28 %
4	Panzerfighter_ eu	4,579	100	75.00 %
5	Yzne eu	4,476	152	68.42 %
6	kjunik eu	4,470	107	62.62 %
7	Tono13 eu	4,348	206	63.59 %
8	Dakillzor eu	4,330	102	54.90 %
9	moimoi12_FIN eu	4,252	381	67.98 %
10	MaX1Mu55 eu	4,180	61	67.21 %