Israeli Tanks

[JTullman]

One of my favorite aspects of playing SP is researching battles and equipment before and after I play a scenario; however, one has me stumped.

Is there an 'expert' in Israeli tanks ranging from aprox. 1960-1970 that could give me a rundown of the Sh'ot tank, in particular the Sh'ot Meteor? According to the convoluted info that I've read it is a heavily modified Centurion (which flavor of the Centurion I have not been able to determine).

I'm confused as to what makes this tank so incredible. According to Wikipedia (a source I hate to use):

"Less than 100 Centurion tanks of the 7th Armor Brigade defeated the advance of some 500 Syrian T-55s and T-62s. The Sho't became emblematic of Israeli armour prowess."

I believe this is represented in the Egyptian armor scenario #4.

I use Avalon Hill games as research tools sometimes, the only reference to this tank in a game I have is in "IDF" a tank called the "Super Centurion" is depicted but its stats are not dramatically better then the T-54/55 so despite having similar weapons (main gun) I'm not entirely convinced that the Super Centurion is the same as the Sh'ot.


Specifically what characteristics make the Sh'ot Meteor different from the Sh'ot? Also, this tank seems to have incredible accuracy, what technology made this possible? Any other info would be useful.

Thanks for the input.