Sho't

Sho't
Sho't
	Sho't Kal in Batey ha-Osef museum in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 2005
Type	Main battle tank
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Service history
In service	1959–1991 (active duty); 1991–2002 (reserves);
Used by	Israel
Wars	Six-Day War; War of Attrition; Yom Kippur War; 1978 South Lebanon conflict; 1982 Lebanon War; South Lebanon conflict (1985-2000);
Specifications
Crew	4 (commander, gunner, loader, driver)
Main; armament	Ordnance QF 20-pounder (20-pounder Sho'ts) Royal Ordnance L7 105mm rifled gun (Sho't Meteor and after)
Secondary; armament	Meteor: pintle-mounted .50 caliber M2HB machine gun attached to commander's cupola; Meteor/Alef/Bet/Gimel: coaxial .30 caliber M1919A4 machine gun; Alef/Bet/Gimel/Dalet: fixed-mounted .50 caliber M2HB machine gun above main gun mantlet (at times absent in place of nothing, searchlight, etc); Alef/Bet/Gimel: pintle-mounted .30 caliber M1919A4 machine gun attached to commander's cupola; Bet/Gimel: pintle-mounted .30 caliber M1919A4 machine guns mounted close to loader's hatch; Dalet: coaxial .30 caliber FN MAG 60-40; Dalet: pintle-mounted .30 caliber FN MAG 60-40 attached to commander's cupola; Dalet: pintle-mounted .30 caliber FN MAG 60-40 mounted close to loader's hatch;
Engine	Sho't Meteor: Rolls-Royce Meteor; Alef/Bet: Continental AVDS1790-2AC; Gimel/Dalet: Continental AVDS1790-2AG;
Transmission	Sho't Meteor: Merrit-Brown Z51R; Alef/Bet/Gimel/Dalet: Allison CD-850-6A;
Suspension	Modified Horstmann

Sho't (Hebrew: שוט, lit. 'whip') is the Israeli designation of the British Centurion tank in IDF service from 1959 to 2002.