The Centurion sees combat during the Indo-Pakistan War as do the T-54/55/59 on both sides, although there are no encounters with the Centurion.

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ARG. "Olifant Mk.1B Main Battle Tank". Military Today. Archived from the original on 18 September 2009 . Retrieved 1 August 2009. Bowman, Martin (2016). Cold War Jet Combat: Air-to-Air Jet Fighter Operations 1950–1972. Pen and Sword. p.198. ISBN 978-1-4738-7462-6. The highest level of the military collaboration was reached between 1956 and 1966. [70] At this time France provided almost all the tanks along with aircraft and military ships. In 1969 the French president Charles de Gaulle limited the export of weapons to Israel. This was the end of the "golden age" 20 years of relations between Israel and France. Minutes of a Washington Special Actions Group Meeting, Washington, September 24, 1970" (PDF). Foreign Relations, 1969–1976. United States Department of State. XXIV: 912. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2019 . Retrieved 28 July 2019.

The Shot Cal is withdrawn from IDF service in the summer of 2002 although heavy APC variants of the vehicle continue in frontline service to this day. This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sourcesin this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( July 2010) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) AMX-13 – The AMX-13 Light Tank was designed to a new post-World War 2 French Army requirement, and France supplied them to the IDF. Socialist Republic of Romania: Defector Ion Mihai Pacepa claimed Romania received one example from Israel in 1978 in exchange for increased immigration of Romanian Jews to Israel. Pacepa further states that Nicolae Ceaușescu had planned to produce the Centurion under license. [120] Centurion Mk V, 2 DK". ArmyVehicles.dk. Archived from the original on 28 November 2014 . Retrieved 15 November 2014.Soviets Threaten Israel, Ben-Gurion Responds. Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved on 8 September 2011. NON-SOVIET GROUND FORCE WEAPON DELIVERIES TO SOMALIA | CIA FOIA (foia.cia.gov)". www.cia.gov . Retrieved 10 August 2022. a b McDermott, Rose; Bar-Joseph, Uri (2017). "Chapter 5". Intelligence Success and Failure: The Human Factor. New York City: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19934-173-3. M60 (Patton) – The M60 "Patton" Main Battle Tank was supplied to the IDF by several countries including the United States and was used in the Yom Kippur war. Holt, Clive (2008) [2005]. At Thy Call We Did Not Falter. Cape Town: Zebra Press. pp.68–69. ISBN 978-1-77007-117-9.

In 1971, at the Battle of Basantar, an armoured division and an armoured brigade of the Pakistani I Corps confronted two armoured brigades of the Indian I Corps, which had Centurion tanks. This resulted in a substantial tank battle, between the American-built tanks of the Pakistani Army and the Indian Army's mixture of Soviet T-55s and British Centurions. Casualties were heavily skewed against the Pakistani force, with 46 tanks destroyed.Dunstan, Simon (1980). Centurion (Modern Combat Vehicles: 2). Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-0711010635. The other main force facing Israel was Jordan's Arab Legion, which was considered the most effective Arab force. Armed, trained, and commanded by British officers, this 8,000–12,000 strong force was organised in four infantry/mechanised regiments supported by some 40 artillery pieces and 75 armoured cars. [27] Until January 1948, it was reinforced by the 3,000-strong Transjordan Frontier Force. [28] As many as 48 British officers served in the Arab Legion. [29] Glubb Pasha, was the commander of the Legion. The Arab Legion joined the war in May 1948, but fought only in the areas that King Abdullah wanted to secure for Jordan: the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Merkava (Chariot) – The Merkava ( Hebrew: מרכבה ⓘ, "chariot") is a main battle tank used by the Israel Defense Forces. The tank began development in 1973 and entered official service in 1979. Four main versions of the tank have been deployed. It was first used extensively in the 1982 Lebanon War. The name " Merkava" was derived from the IDF's initial development program name.

a b "Panzer 57 Centurion Mk 7 / Mk 12, Pz 57 mit 10,5 cm Pz Kan 60 - Kampfpanzer - Kettenfahrzeuge". militaerfahrzeuge.ch. Dunstan, Simon (2013). The Yom Kippur War 1973 (1): The Golan Heights. Bloomsbury Publishing. p.59. ISBN 978-1-4728-0210-1. Dunstan, Simon; Sarson, Peter (2003). Centurion Universal Tank 1943–2003. Osprey. p.13. ISBN 978-1-84176-387-3.The Israelis also got two Cromwell tanks from sympathizers at a arms depot in the Haifa port area, which would form the basis of the Israeli Armored Corps.