Pzkpfw-e Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&newspaperUserId=27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3a7573c1da-69cc-4196-a064-126627bff3de&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest Dates from 2008, did they all go to the scrapman? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berna2vm Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 They look like Centurion turrets to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Correct , when the Netherlands Army struck off charge their Centurions, they were handed back to the US DoD, who had supplied them under MDAP. The turrets were sent to Austria, the hulls to Israël to serve as a source of spares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berna2vm Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 How did the Americans come to supply Centurions to the Netherlands, Mc Spool ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrettkitt Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 How did the Americans come to supply Centurions to the Netherlands, Mc Spool ? Mutual Defence Aid Program (approx terminology) I believe that we in the UK benefited from this program too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 How did the Americans come to supply Centurions to the Netherlands, Mc Spool ? The Netherlands were to be supplied with Patton tanks under the MDAP, along with the Armies of Belgium, Denmark and others. Due to the Korean war, the US needed to divert their supply of Patton tanks, so they bought Centurion tanks in the UK and supplied them to the Netherlands and Denmark. Being US property, the Cents were handed back after they were struck off charge. So contrary to popular belief, the Netherlands did not sell Cents to Austria and Israel, the US did and supplied them from MDAP stocks in the Netherlands. HTH, Hanno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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