Military Vehicles

If you’ve been following this site for any amount of time, it will come as no surprise that we and the BaT community get very excited when tanks come up for auction. And if you’re like us, you’re intensely curious about who, exactly, bids on and wins such things (fun fact: tanks boast the same 80% sale rate as BaT auctions in general). To provide at least one answer, we can say that the British Centurion main battle tank sold by @anthonym1151 in December 2025 was purchased by Buycheapcars, aka Westen Champlin, a popular YouTube and social media content creator who does all manner of insane/fun/dangerous things in the name of “redneck science.” He said he’d be delighted to share the story with the BaT community—so here, in all its glory, is the 20-minute saga of his Centurion!