Sho’t Kal Alef

It was a little difficult to build this model tank. It was a customized version of British Centurion Mk 5 for IDF needs.

The most important where the 105mm main gun and the new diesel power pack (Continental AVDS-1790-2A – commonly found in M60 American tank). It was participated in Yom Kippur War of 1973, performed very well against numerically superior Syrian armored division in the Golan Height, against T54/55, T62, T64 and some T72.