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Centauro B1/B1-T/VRC-105/MGS

Tank Destroyer*

Italian Centauro B-1T

Specifications

Country of Origin/Used by:	Italy and Spain
First Produced/Service Dates:	1991
Manufactured by:	Consorzio IVECO- Oto Melara
Crew:	4
Armament:	Main: 105/52mm Cannon (Can also be fitted with 120/45mm Cannon); Co-Axial: (1) 7.62mm Machine Gun; Tertiary: (1) 7.62mm MG or 12.7mm HMG.
Engine:	6-Cylinder Turbo-Multifuel (Diesel/JP8)
Miscellaneous Info:	The B-1 version is the short hull version and the B-1T is the long hulled vehicle in Italian Service.  The VRC-105 Centauro is in service with Spain.  The Italian versions are related to and preceded the "Freccia" Infantry Fighting Vehicle and the all-new Centauro 2 Main Gun System 120/105. *This vehicle was later upgraded/ improved and then rebranded as the Centauro 8x8 Wheeled Main Gun System (MGS) 120mm/105mm.
Data Sheet Available:	Centauro MGS 120mm/105mm Sales Brochure (Consorzio IVECO-Oto Melara)

Photos

Reference	Source/Provider
Centauro MGS 120mm/105mm Vehicle Photos	Consorzio IVECO-Oto Melara
Centauro Wheeled Tank Destroyer Photos	Neil Baumgardner - Arlington, Virginia USA
Centauro B1 Wheeled Tank Destroyer Photos	Oto-Melara SpA
105mm Cannon Armed "HitFact" Turret Photo	Oto-Melara SpA
120mm Cannon Armed "HitFact" Turret Photos	Oto-Melara SpA
Centauro Armed with 76mm DRACO Multi-Role Turret Photo & Sales Brochure	Oto-Melara SpA
Italian Centauro B-1T Photo (Above)	Moustafa Assad (Blue Steel Books)- Canada
Italian Centauro B1 Photos (Bosnia-Herzegovina 1996)	U.S. National Archives via Gino Quintiliani
Spanish VRC-105 Centauro Wheeled Tank Destroyer Photos	Luis Pitarch - Spain
Spanish VRC-105 Centauro Wheeled Tank Destroyer Photos	Spanish EMAD (Chief of the General Staff of the National Defense)
U.S. Centauro B1 Photos (During Testing by 2nd Infantry Division - 2001)	U.S. National Archives via via Gino Quintiliani

References Available

Online

Printed

Reference	Author
A Century of Italian Armored Cars (Roadrunner)	Nicola Pignato
Blindo Armata Centauro - Photo File #2	Auriga Publishing
"Combat Ready" (February 2021 Issue of Classic Military Vehicle Magazine)	Craig Allen
Ejercito de Tierra: Vehicles of the Modern Spanish Army (Tankograd Publications)	Antonio J. Candil Munoz
Escercito Italiano: Vehicles of the Modern Italian Army In Action (Tankograd Publications)	Soren Sunkler
IFOR- Allied Forces in Bosnia - Europa Militaria No. 22	Carl Schulze
Jane's Tank Recognition Guide (4th Edition)	Christopher Foss
Landing Zone Lebanon: UNIFIL 2006 - Blue Steel Books	Moustafa Assad
UNITAF In Somalia: Vehicles of Restore Hope Forces - Concord Publications	Barry Beldam
White Thunder: Centauro Inside and Out -  Blue Steel Books	Moustafa Assad

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