Sho't (Hebrew: שוט, lit. 'whip') is the Israeli designation of the 105 mm L7 armed Centurion tank, which entered Israeli service in the late 1960s. The Sho't Meteor is a Centurion tank with the original Rolls-Royce Meteor petrol engine. The Shot Kal is a modernised Centurion tank with a new powerpack (the Continental AVDS-1790-2A diesel engine and the Allison CD850-6 transmission). The addition 'Kal' refers to the abbreviation of the engine manufacturer Continental, originally notated in Hebrew as 'שוטקל' and transliterated as 'sho'tqal'. The Kal entered service in 1970, and by 1974 all Israeli Centurions and Sho't Meteor were upgraded to Sho't Kal. Subvariants indicate upgrades received by Sho't Kal tanks during their operational life, including a new turret rotating mechanism, a new gun stabilizer, a new fire-control system and preparations for the installation of the Blazer reactive armour. (Source: Wikipedia.org, CC BY-SA)