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off-road 14 mph (23 km/h) The Tank, Cruiser, Mk VII Cavalier (A24) was an interim design of British cruiser tank during the Second World War . It was derived as a follow on from the Nuffield's A15 Crusader tank as it was expected to enter production in 1942. A parallel effort under Leyland Motors and Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon ...
The Cromwell tank, officially Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Cromwell (A27M), was one of the series of cruiser tanks fielded by Britain in the Second World War. [b] Named after the English Civil War -era military leader Oliver Cromwell, the Cromwell was the first tank put into service by the British to combine high speed from a powerful, reliable ...
The A24 Cavalier and A27L Centaur used the Nuffield Liberty engine while the A27M Cromwell used the more powerful Rolls-Royce Meteor. When US tanks entered British use, the Cromwell and Centaur design requirement was changed to move from the 6-pounder to 75mm for commonality of ammunition. This reduced the armour penetration.
Comet (tank) A Comet tank at Tankfest 2023 at The Tank Museum. The Comet tank or Tank, Cruiser, Comet I (A34) was a British cruiser tank that first saw use near the end of the Second World War, during the Western Allied invasion of Germany. The Comet was developed from the earlier Cromwell tank and mounted the new 17 pdr High Velocity (HV) (3 ...
Black Prince - Churchill development to carry 17-pounder. Excelsior - heavily armoured assault tank. Tortoise heavy assault tank - a very heavy armoured tank for use in breaching fixed defences in Europe. Valiant - a heavily armoured but small assault tank intended for use in the war in the Far East.
The Tank, Cruiser, Mk III, also known by its General Staff specification number A13 Mark I, was a British cruiser tank of the Second World War.It was the first British cruiser tank to use the Christie suspension system, which gave higher speeds and better cross-country performance; previous cruiser tank models had used triple wheeled bogie suspension.
A24 Tank, Cruiser, Mk VII, Cavalier* A25 Tank, Light, Mk VIII, Harry Hopkins* A26 cancelled* A27L Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Centaur: A27M Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Cromwell: A28 cancelled, was to be an Infantry tank variant of Cromwell* A29 cancelled, was to be a 17-pdr armed assault tank named Clan* A30 Tank, Cruiser, Mk.VIII, Challenger, 17-pdr armed
The Soviet Union started and ended the war with more tanks than the rest of the world combined (18,000–22,000). At the start of World War II the most common tank in Soviet service was the T-26 (derived from the Vickers 6-ton), lightly armoured and armed with a 45 mm gun capable of penetrating most German tanks at normal combat ranges.