Swiss MBT March 1957

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Originally Posted by drez

Started a new PBEM, chose year as March 1957, Opponent chose his nation as Great Britain, so I was comparing MBTs from Switzerland and noticed that the Swiss pz 57 tank has already the L7 105mm while no British Centurions of the time have this gun yet. Is this a mistake? Or could I somehow validly outgun him in the field?

drez

The UK Mk 5/2 is possibly a little late. Conqueror was introduced in 55, and almost immediately rendered irrelevant by the introduction of 105mm armed Centurion MBT.

UK Mk 5/2 ISD is therefore more likely to be 56 than 57.

Andy