Centauro
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ItalyManufacturer: Consorzio Iveco–OTO Melara (CIO)
«Centauro II»
Fire-support vehicleItaly1991In service
Italian 8×8 wheeled tank destroyer and fire-support vehicle: the B1 Centauro with a 105 mm gun entered service in 1991, and the Centauro II mounts a 120 mm smoothbore gun.
Fire-support vehicle
ID — CENTAUROItaly · Consorzio Iveco–OTO Melara (CIO)
Illustration: Centauro II (120 mm)
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- Reliability
- Partially verified
- Sources
- CentauroEsercito Italiano · Accessed
- Last reviewed
Identity
- Designation
- Centauro
- Alias
- Centauro II
- Manufacturer
- Consorzio Iveco–OTO Melara (CIO)
- Country
- Italy
- Category
- Fire-support vehicle
Production & service
- Introduced
- 1991
- Status
- In service
- Units produced
- —
- Operators
- Italy, Spain, Oman, Jordan
Specifications
- Combat weight
- —
- Crew
- 4
- Main armament
- 105 mm gun (B1)120 mm 45-calibre smoothbore gun (Centauro II)
- Secondary armament
- 12.7 mm on remote weapon station (Centauro II)
- Chassis
- 8×8 wheeled
- Engine
- —
- Power-to-weight
- —
- Max road speed
- —
- Operational range
- —
- Length / width / height
- —
- Protection
- —
- Amphibious
- —
Historical profile
The Centauro pioneered the heavy-gun wheeled fire-support concept; Spain operates it as the VRC-105, and the Centauro II is replacing the B1 in Italian service.
Variants
B1 Centauro (105 mm)Centauro II (120 mm smoothbore)VRC-105 (Spain)
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