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The owner said he had a choice between a T-54 and an M48A3 Patton and decided on the former due to cost concerns and parts availability. Also, the steel tracks were replaced by rubber-shod Centurion. He was specific (and proud) of his baby and spent time talking about engine rebuilds and the boxes on the turret sides and pretty much everything, it's difficult to see it was originally a training tank not coming up.
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Well, what you have here is your basic T-54A, with some modified storage boxes. May even be a Czech copy, although you need to look at the rear deck for sure. Not sure about the Centurion tracks, at the very least it would require major replacement of the sprokets which could lead to trannie issues.
The position on the right side of the turret is the loaders.