South Africa has been modifying Centurions “in one way or another” since the early 1970s, first through Projects Skokiaan (moonshine) and Semel and later through the Olifant upgrade program of the late 1970s and 1980s. Most of the Semel project tanks were bought from Indian scrap yards and later remanufactured to the Israeli Sho’t standard (Israeli Centurions were named Sho’t at the time). This meant a new diesel power pack transmission and automatic gearbox, a new coolant system, fire extinguishers, an improved storage layout for ammunition, new tracks wheels and fire control.
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