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gun">Assault gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Self-propelled_anti-aircraft_weapon" title="Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon">Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Self-propelled_artillery" title="Self-propelled artillery">Self-propelled artillery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Self-propelled_mortar" class="mw-redirect" title="Self-propelled mortar">Self-propelled mortar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multiple_rocket_launcher" title="Multiple rocket launcher">Multiple rocket launcher</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The <b>cruiser tank</b> (sometimes called <b>cavalry tank</b> or fast tank) was a British <a href="/wiki/Tank_classification" title="Tank classification">tank concept</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Interwar_period" title="Interwar period">interwar period</a> for tanks designed as modernised armoured and mechanised <a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">cavalry</a>, as distinguished from <a href="/wiki/Infantry_tank" title="Infantry tank">infantry tanks</a>. Cruiser tanks were developed after medium tank designs of the 1930s failed to satisfy the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="Royal Armoured Corps">Royal Armoured Corps</a>. The cruiser tank concept was conceived by <a href="/wiki/Giffard_Le_Quesne_Martel" title="Giffard Le Quesne Martel">Giffard Le Quesne Martel</a>, who preferred many small light tanks to swarm an opponent, instead of a few expensive and unsatisfactory medium tanks. "Light" cruiser tanks (for example the <a href="/wiki/Cruiser_Mk_I" title="Cruiser Mk I">Cruiser Mk I</a>) carried less armour and were correspondingly faster, whilst "heavy" cruiser tanks (such as the <a href="/wiki/Cruiser_Mk_II" title="Cruiser Mk II">Cruiser Mk II</a>) had more armour and were slightly slower. </p><p>The British cruiser tank series started in 1938 with the A9 and A10 cruiser tanks, followed by the A13, A13 Mark II, the <a href="/wiki/Covenanter_tank" title="Covenanter tank">A13 Mark III Covenanter</a> in 1940 and the <a href="/wiki/Crusader_tank" title="Crusader tank">A15 Crusader</a> which entered service in 1941. The Crusader was superseded by the <a href="/wiki/Cromwell_tank" title="Cromwell tank">A27 Cromwell</a> in 1944. The <a href="/wiki/Comet_(tank)" title="Comet (tank)">A34 Comet</a>, a better-armed development of Cromwell, began to enter service in late 1944. The <a href="/wiki/Centurion_tank" class="mw-redirect" title="Centurion tank">Centurion tank</a> of 1946 became the "Universal tank" of the United Kingdom, transcending the cruiser and infantry tank roles and becoming one of the first <a href="/wiki/Main_battle_tank" title="Main battle tank">main battle tanks</a> (MBT). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cruiser_tank&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dissatisfaction with experimental <a href="/wiki/Medium_Mark_III" title="Medium Mark III">medium tank designs</a> of the mid-1930s led to the development of specialised fast cruiser tanks, where armour thickness was sacrificed for speed and <a href="/wiki/Infantry_tank" title="Infantry tank">infantry tanks</a>, in which speed was sacrificed for heavier armour. Financial constraints had made it impossible to produce a vehicle suitable for close support and for exploitation. The thinking was behind several tank designs which saw action during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>. British armoured operations theory flowed from the decision to build two types of tank and equip two types of unit and formation. Cruisers were operated by armoured regiments of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="Royal Armoured Corps">Royal Armoured Corps</a>, established on 4 April 1939, in armoured divisions, some regiments coming from the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="Royal Tank Regiment">Royal Tank Regiment</a> (RTR) and some from cavalry regiments converted during the war. Infantry tanks went to Army Tank Battalions, sometimes grouped administratively into Army Tank Brigades of the RTR. Small, fast, lightly armed tanks like the <a href="/wiki/Light_Tank_Mk_VI" class="mw-redirect" title="Light Tank Mk VI">Light Tank Mk VI</a> operated as reconnaissance vehicles. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Giffard_Le_Quesne_Martel" title="Giffard Le Quesne Martel">Giffard Le Quesne Martel</a> originated the cruiser concept while Assistant Director and then Deputy Director of Mechanisation at the <a href="/wiki/War_Office" title="War Office">War Office</a> in the 1930s. Martel considered that medium tanks were too complicated and expensive for infantry support, where they would be too vulnerable to anti-tank weapons and rejected claims that they could fire accurately when moving, so would gain no benefit from their speed. Martel preferred a large number of smaller and simpler tanks to swamp an opponent, instead of a few comparatively expensive medium tanks. Work should continue on a universal tank in the long term but from 1936 to 1939, Martel gave much thought to the infantry tank; he did not want medium tank development to be split but saw the logic of it, given the constraints on tank development. Tanks were necessary for mobile operations in armoured divisions and for infantry support in attacks on fortified defensive positions; a vehicle satisfactory for both tasks appeared to be impossible to attain. Two types of vehicle led to two theories and procedures, infantry tank thinking coming from the experience of tank operations from 1916 to 1918, when British tanks had been used for infantry support. Armoured division theory emphasised the speed of cruiser tanks and independent action to protect flanks, attack the opponent's flanks and rear, to counter-attack and conduct pursuit operations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cruiser_tank&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1971-042-10,_Calais,_besch%C3%A4digter_englischer_Panzer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1971-042-10%2C_Calais%2C_besch%C3%A4digter_englischer_Panzer.jpg/220px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1971-042-10%2C_Calais%2C_besch%C3%A4digter_englischer_Panzer.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1971-042-10%2C_Calais%2C_besch%C3%A4digter_englischer_Panzer.jpg/330px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1971-042-10%2C_Calais%2C_besch%C3%A4digter_englischer_Panzer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1971-042-10%2C_Calais%2C_besch%C3%A4digter_englischer_Panzer.jpg/440px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1971-042-10%2C_Calais%2C_besch%C3%A4digter_englischer_Panzer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="543" /></a><figcaption>A damaged Cruiser Mk I Close Support abandoned in <a href="/wiki/Calais" title="Calais">Calais</a>, 1940.</figcaption></figure> <p>Like naval <a href="/wiki/Cruiser" title="Cruiser">cruisers</a>, cruiser tanks were fast and mobile for operations independent from slower-moving <a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">infantry</a> with their heavier infantry tanks and <a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">artillery</a>. When gaps had been forced through the opponent's front by the infantry tanks, cruisers were to penetrate to the rear and attack lines of supply and communication centres in accordance with the theories of <a href="/wiki/J.F.C._Fuller" class="mw-redirect" title="J.F.C. Fuller">J.F.C. Fuller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Percy_Hobart" title="Percy Hobart">Percy Hobart</a> and <a href="/wiki/B.H._Liddell_Hart" class="mw-redirect" title="B.H. Liddell Hart">Basil Liddell Hart</a>. The cruiser tank was designed for use in a manner similar to <a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">cavalry</a>, which made speed the most important factor and to achieve this, early cruisers were lightly armoured and armed to save weight. </p><p>The emphasis on speed unbalanced<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> the British designs; on limited engine power, the speed was possible only by sacrificing armour protection (by comparison infantry tanks operating at soldiers' pace could carry far more armour). The idea that "speed is armour" was considered most important in the Royal Tank Corps. It was not realised<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> that the principle of mobility was a liability against the German policy of accepting lower speeds for superior armour and armament<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="Germany's most produced and arguably most successful tank, PzIV, was from 18 tons to 25 tons; the heaviest PzIV H was as heavy as the Matilda II. I don't think there's enough evidence to support Germany had a policy of superior armour and armament when their most produced tank is lighter than the Matilda, T-34 and M4. The claim is further disputed by the fact Britain moved from the Matilda II to the Valentine, a tank almost 10 tons lighter, in favour of not just cost but speed. What dates are we talking about? Which campaign? Without evidence or context, this feels like opinion. (April 2023)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup>, ensuring that even one round from a German medium tank could easily destroy a cruiser.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="the armour on a German medium wasn't that thick and certainly not resistant to British 2pdr (June 2021)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mk1CruiserTank.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Mk1CruiserTank.jpg/220px-Mk1CruiserTank.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Mk1CruiserTank.jpg/330px-Mk1CruiserTank.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Mk1CruiserTank.jpg/440px-Mk1CruiserTank.jpg 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="419" /></a><figcaption>Cruiser Tank Mark I (A9)</figcaption></figure> <p>An even bigger problem for most cruiser tanks was the small calibre of their main gun. The first cruisers were armed with the <a href="/wiki/Ordnance_QF_2-pounder" title="Ordnance QF 2-pounder">2-pounder</a> (40 mm) gun. This gun had adequate armour penetration against early war tanks but was never issued <a href="/wiki/High_explosive" class="mw-redirect" title="High explosive">high explosive</a> ammunition. This made the cruisers less able to deal with towed <a href="/wiki/Anti-tank_gun" title="Anti-tank gun">anti-tank guns</a>, which was a serious deficiency at the long ranges of engagements during the <a href="/wiki/Desert_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Desert Campaign">Desert Campaign</a>. The additional machine gun turret (as mounted on the Crusader) was no substitute for HE rounds. As the armour of German tanks increased British cruisers were up-gunned with the more powerful 57 mm <a href="/wiki/Ordnance_QF_6_pounder" class="mw-redirect" title="Ordnance QF 6 pounder">Ordnance QF 6 pounder</a>, starting with the Crusader Mk. III (an interim move pending the introduction of the next cruiser tank). Early marques of what would become the Cromwell were also fitted with the 6-pounder but the gun still did not have a satisfactory HE round. The Cromwell as planned was to have a High Velocity 75 mm gun but the gun was too large for the turret ring and so it was decided that the new <a href="/wiki/Cromwell_tank" title="Cromwell tank">Cromwell tanks</a> would be fitted with the QF 75 mm (a bored-out 6-pounder that could take US 75 mm ammunition). The new 75 mm gun provided greater HE capability at the expense of some armour penetration and it was still adequate to deal with the majority of German armoured vehicles. Part of the Cromwell's success was its high-power to weight ratio, provided by the adoption of the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine as the Meteor, which delivered sufficient power for the Cromwell to have a maximum speed around 40 mph (64 km/h) on roads. The M4 Sherman had a top speed on roads of about 30 mph (48 km/h). The Cromwell also had slightly superior cross-country speed and mobility. The new engine enabled the tank to be far more heavily armoured and armed than previous cruiser designs. </p><p>As the Cromwell could not be fitted with the HV 75 mm, work was undertaken to produce a tank for the powerful 17-pounder anti-tank gun, able to take on the most powerfully-armed German vehicles. The <a href="/wiki/Cruiser_Mk_VIII_Challenger" title="Cruiser Mk VIII Challenger">Cruiser Mk VIII Challenger</a> was developed, mounting a 17-pounder gun on a lengthened Cromwell hull in a new turret. The Challenger was an unhappy compromise, though it was popular with its crews. The cut in armour protection to allow the mounting of the larger gun meant it was not well suited to closer range engagements and it threw its tracks more often than the Cromwell. As the UK had large numbers of US <a href="/wiki/M4_Sherman" title="M4 Sherman">M4 Sherman</a> tanks, an extemporaneous conversion of the Sherman to take a 17-pounder (as the <a href="/wiki/Sherman_Firefly" title="Sherman Firefly">Sherman Firefly</a>) proved effective in providing more 17-pounder-gun tanks. The Firefly accompanied Churchills, Shermans and Cromwells generally at a ratio of 1:4. The production of Fireflies greatly outpaced that of the Challenger but in Cromwell-equipped units, the Challenger was generally preferred as the Sherman had a slower road speed and inferior cross-country mobility. </p><p>The culmination of British efforts was the <a href="/wiki/Comet_tank" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet tank">Comet tank</a> with a cut down 17-pounder design, the 77 mm HV. The Comet was a further development of the Cromwell, a "heavy" cruiser tank, which sought to remove the need for 17-pounder armoured vehicles, such as the Challenger or Firefly. The Comet reduced its road speed in comparison to the Cromwell to 32 mph (51 km/h), in favour of better armour protection and a weapon able to penetrate the armour of the heavier German tanks whilst not sacrificing HE capability. The tank had a short service life as design for the Centurion was already well underway, with the first prototype arriving in 1945. Despite the emphasis on mobility, most early cruiser designs were plagued by mechanical unreliability, notably in the hot and gritty desert of the <a href="/wiki/North_Africa_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North Africa Campaign">North Africa Campaign</a>. This problem was usually caused by rushed development and introduction into service. After the debacle in France of 1940, cruiser tank designs were ordered "off the drawing board", particularly given the urgent need for tanks. The Liberty engine which also powered early Cruiser tanks was beginning to show its age and was being pushed to its limit in tanks such as the Crusader. This problem was not fully solved until the débût of the Cromwell in 1944, with its powerful and reliable <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Meteor" title="Rolls-Royce Meteor">Rolls-Royce Meteor</a> engine. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cruiser_tank&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interwar">Interwar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cruiser_tank&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Interwar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" align="right" style="margin:0 0 1em 1em"> <caption>Tank production October 1938 – June 1940<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPostan1952103_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPostan1952103-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Light </th> <th>I tank/<br />Cruiser </th> <th>Total </th></tr> <tr> <td>1938<br />4th Qtr</td> <td align="right">169</td> <td align="right">29</td> <td align="right">198 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1939</td> <td align="right">734</td> <td align="right">235</td> <td align="right">969 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1940<br />to June</td> <td align="right">140</td> <td align="right">418</td> <td align="right">558 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b></td> <td align="right"><b>1,043</b></td> <td align="right"><b>682</b></td> <td align="right"><b>1,725</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 1936, the War Office decided on a light tank for the cavalry, a cruiser tank, a medium tank and an infantry or assault tank. By 1938, the medium tank had stagnated as a research project, in favour of heavier cruiser and infantry tanks and after the outbreak of war, the move towards heavy infantry tanks capable of breaking through the <a href="/wiki/Siegfried_Line" title="Siegfried Line">Siegfried Line</a> (<i>Westwall</i>) on the German border.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPostanHayScott1964309–310_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPostanHayScott1964309–310-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1934, <a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Carden" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir John Carden">Sir John Carden</a> of <a href="/wiki/Vickers-Armstrongs" title="Vickers-Armstrongs">Vickers-Armstrongs</a> had produced a "Woolworth" <a href="/wiki/Medium_tank" title="Medium tank">medium tank</a> to a 1934 specification (General Staff number A.9) for a close support tank, using elements of the <a href="/wiki/Medium_Mk_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Mk III">Medium Mk III</a> design (which had been abandoned due to financial reasons) but lighter and using a commercial engine to be cheaper.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChamberlainEllis196930_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChamberlainEllis196930-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was accepted as an interim design for limited production as the <a href="/wiki/Cruiser_Mk_I" title="Cruiser Mk I">Cruiser Tank Mark I</a>. It was expected to be replaced by a Christie suspension design. From 1937–1938, 125 A9s were built. The A9 was lightly armoured but capable of 25 mph (40 km/h) and carried a highly-effective 2-pounder anti-tank gun. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Cruiser_Mk_II" title="Cruiser Mk II">Cruiser Mk II</a> (A10), was designed by Carden as an infantry tank, built to the same design with added armour for 30 mm (1.2 in) of protection. It was insufficiently armoured for the role but as a "heavy cruiser", it was put into production in July 1938 as another interim design. It had the same gun as the A9, was the first to be equipped with the <a href="/wiki/Besa_machine_gun" title="Besa machine gun">Besa machine gun</a> and 175 Mk IIs were produced by September 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChamberlainEllis196931_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChamberlainEllis196931-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Experience with the A9 during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a> in 1940 revealed shortcomings, including inadequate armour and a lack of space for the crew, but it saw useful service in France, the <a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_(North_Africa)" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Desert (North Africa)">Western desert</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Greece">Greece</a> in 1941. Orders for the Mk I and Mk II Cruisers were limited, for an advanced and faster cruiser tank which would incorporate <a href="/wiki/Christie_suspension" title="Christie suspension">Christie suspension</a> designed by <a href="/wiki/J._Walter_Christie" title="J. Walter Christie">J. Walter Christie</a> and have better armour. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IWM-KID-358-Cruiser-MkIII.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/IWM-KID-358-Cruiser-MkIII.jpg/220px-IWM-KID-358-Cruiser-MkIII.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/IWM-KID-358-Cruiser-MkIII.jpg/330px-IWM-KID-358-Cruiser-MkIII.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/IWM-KID-358-Cruiser-MkIII.jpg 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="180" /></a><figcaption>The Cruiser Mark III (A13) with large wheels typical of the Christie suspension</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1936, General <a href="/wiki/Giffard_LeQuesne_Martel" class="mw-redirect" title="Giffard LeQuesne Martel">Giffard LeQuesne Martel</a>, a pioneer in tank design who had published works on armoured warfare and pioneered the lightly armoured "<a href="/wiki/Tankette" title="Tankette">tankette</a>" concept to enhance infantry mobility, became Assistant Director of Mechanization at the War Office. Later that year, Martel had watched Soviet tanks at the Red Army's autumn manoeuvres including the <a href="/wiki/BT_tank" title="BT tank">BT tank</a>, which they had developed from Christie's work. He urged the adoption of a tank that would use the suspension system and also follow the Christie practice of using a lightweight aircraft engine such as the <a href="/wiki/Liberty_L-12" title="Liberty L-12">Liberty L-12</a> engine or a <a href="/wiki/Napier_Lion" title="Napier Lion">Napier Lion</a>. The government authorised purchase and licensing of a Christie design via the <a href="/wiki/Nuffield_Mechanisation_and_Aero" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuffield Mechanisation and Aero">Nuffield Organization</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarris1995278_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarris1995278-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChamberlainEllis196932_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChamberlainEllis196932-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The tank A13 E1 was rudimentary and too small for British use but the Nuffield suspension was most effective and this became the basis of the <a href="/wiki/Cruiser_Mk_III" title="Cruiser Mk III">Cruiser Mk III</a> (A13). Following testing of two Nuffield-built prototypes (A13E2 and A13E3), the A13 was ordered into production and 65 were manufactured by mid-1939.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChamberlainEllis196932_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChamberlainEllis196932-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Mk III weighed 31,400 pounds (14.2 t), had a crew of 4, a 340 hp engine which gave a top speed of 30 mph (48 km/h) and was armed with a 2-pounder (40 mm) gun and a machine gun. When it was introduced in 1937, the army still lacked a formal tank division.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESteele200514_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESteele200514-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The trackless element of the Christie suspension was discarded as adding little value for the extra complexity. The <a href="/wiki/Cruiser_Mk_IV" title="Cruiser Mk IV">Cruiser Mk IV</a> (A13 Mk II) had heavier armour than the Mk III and production started in 1938.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChamberlainEllis196933_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChamberlainEllis196933-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cruiser_tank&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IWM-E-17616-Crusader-19421002.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/IWM-E-17616-Crusader-19421002.jpg/220px-IWM-E-17616-Crusader-19421002.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/IWM-E-17616-Crusader-19421002.jpg/330px-IWM-E-17616-Crusader-19421002.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/IWM-E-17616-Crusader-19421002.jpg/440px-IWM-E-17616-Crusader-19421002.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="787" /></a><figcaption>2-pounder armed Crusader in the desert.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Tank, Cruiser, Mk VI, (<a href="/wiki/Crusader_tank" title="Crusader tank">Crusader</a>), was used in large numbers in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Desert Campaign">Western Desert Campaign</a>. The contemporary <a href="/wiki/Covenanter_tank" title="Covenanter tank">Covenanter</a> was unreliable and was retained in the UK for training use. The <a href="/wiki/Cavalier_tank" title="Cavalier tank">Cavalier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Centaur_tank" class="mw-redirect" title="Centaur tank">Centaur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cromwell_tank" title="Cromwell tank">Cromwell</a> tanks were the planned successors to the Covenanter and Crusader. Intended to be in production by 1942, the project was delayed and the Crusader was up-gunned as an interim measure with the Mk.III 6-pounder gun; the Cavalier was a development of Crusader. Centaur and Cromwell tanks were an alternative design using the Cavalier engine and the new Rolls-Royce Meteor respectively - the three vehicles were similar in appearance. Orders for the Cavalier were cut back while the similarity between Centaur and Cromwell meant some Centaurs were finished as Cromwells. The Cavalier was used for training while Centaur and Cromwell tanks went into action at the <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Normandy">Invasion of Normandy</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Comet_(tank)" title="Comet (tank)">Comet</a> tank entered service in north-west Europe in 1945 but neither the Cromwell or Comet tanks were in sufficient numbers to replace American tanks in the British Army. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Comet_tank_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Comet_tank_1.jpg/220px-Comet_tank_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Comet_tank_1.jpg/330px-Comet_tank_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Comet_tank_1.jpg/440px-Comet_tank_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="555" /></a><figcaption>Comet</figcaption></figure> <p>During the war, the development of much more powerful engines and better suspension enabled cruiser tanks to increase in size, armour and firepower while retaining their speed and mobility. With "cruiser" tanks similarly armoured to heavier, slower, infantry tanks, the convergence of cruisers and infantry tank designs made the distinction obsolete. The <a href="/wiki/Centurion_tank" class="mw-redirect" title="Centurion tank">Centurion tank</a> was designed as a heavy cruiser, by combining the mobility of a cruiser tank and armour of an Infantry tank. The Centurion transcended its cruiser tank origins and became the first modern British <a href="/wiki/Main_battle_tank" title="Main battle tank">main battle tank</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cruiser_tanks_in_other_armies">Cruiser tanks in other armies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cruiser_tank&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Cruiser tanks in other armies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1930s, the Czechoslovak Army divided its tank into three categories, light tanks - cavalry, light tanks - infantry and medium tanks. The cavalry category was analogical to cruiser-tank concept. The cruiser-tank concept was also employed by <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> in the 1930s, as exemplified by the <a href="/wiki/BT_tank" title="BT tank">BT tank</a> series (<span title="Russian-language text"><i lang="ru">bystrokhodniy tank</i></span>, [fast tank]). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cruiser_tank&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 18em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_tank" title="History of the tank">History of the tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanks_of_the_interwar_period" title="Tanks of the interwar period">Tanks of the interwar period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanks_in_World_War_II" title="Tanks in World War II">Tanks in World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_early_World_War_II_tanks" title="Comparison of early World War II tanks">Comparison of early World War II tanks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanks_in_the_Cold_War" title="Tanks in the Cold War">Tanks in the Cold War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post-Cold_War_Tanks" class="mw-redirect" title="Post-Cold War Tanks">Post-Cold War Tanks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armoured_fighting_vehicle" title="Armoured fighting vehicle">Armoured fighting vehicle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tank_classification" title="Tank classification">Tank classification</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cruiser_tank&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPostan1952103-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPostan1952103_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPostan1952">Postan 1952</a>, p. 103.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPostanHayScott1964309–310-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPostanHayScott1964309–310_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPostanHayScott1964">Postan, Hay & Scott 1964</a>, pp. 309–310.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChamberlainEllis196930-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChamberlainEllis196930_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChamberlainEllis1969">Chamberlain & Ellis 1969</a>, p. 30.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChamberlainEllis196931-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChamberlainEllis196931_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChamberlainEllis1969">Chamberlain & Ellis 1969</a>, p. 31.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarris1995278-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarris1995278_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHarris1995">Harris 1995</a>, p. 278.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChamberlainEllis196932-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChamberlainEllis196932_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChamberlainEllis196932_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChamberlainEllis1969">Chamberlain & Ellis 1969</a>, p. 32.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESteele200514-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESteele200514_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSteele2005">Steele 2005</a>, p. 14.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChamberlainEllis196933-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChamberlainEllis196933_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChamberlainEllis1969">Chamberlain & Ellis 1969</a>, p. 33.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cruiser_tank&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFChamberlainEllis1969" class="citation book cs1">Chamberlain, Peter; Ellis, Chris (1969). <i>British and American Tanks of World War II: The Complete Illustrated History of British, American and Commonwealth Tanks, Gun Motor Carriages and Special Purpose Vehicles, 1939–1945</i>. New York, NY: Arco. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-668-01867-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-668-01867-8"><bdi>978-0-668-01867-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+and+American+Tanks+of+World+War+II%3A+The+Complete+Illustrated+History+of+British%2C+American+and+Commonwealth+Tanks%2C+Gun+Motor+Carriages+and+Special+Purpose+Vehicles%2C+1939%E2%80%931945&rft.place=New+York%2C+NY&rft.pub=Arco&rft.date=1969&rft.isbn=978-0-668-01867-8&rft.aulast=Chamberlain&rft.aufirst=Peter&rft.au=Ellis%2C+Chris&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACruiser+tank" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarris1995" class="citation book cs1">Harris, J. P. (1995). <i>Men, Ideas and Tanks: British Military Thought and Armoured Forces, 1903–1939</i>. Manchester: Manchester University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7190-4814-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7190-4814-2"><bdi>978-0-7190-4814-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Men%2C+Ideas+and+Tanks%3A+British+Military+Thought+and+Armoured+Forces%2C+1903%E2%80%931939&rft.place=Manchester&rft.pub=Manchester+University+Press&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=978-0-7190-4814-2&rft.aulast=Harris&rft.aufirst=J.+P.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACruiser+tank" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPostan1952" class="citation book cs1">Postan, M. M. (1952). <i>British War Production</i>. History of the Second World War: United Kingdom Civil Series. London: <a href="/wiki/HMSO" class="mw-redirect" title="HMSO">HMSO</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/459583161">459583161</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+War+Production&rft.place=London&rft.series=History+of+the+Second+World+War%3A+United+Kingdom+Civil+Series&rft.pub=HMSO&rft.date=1952&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F459583161&rft.aulast=Postan&rft.aufirst=M.+M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACruiser+tank" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPostanHayScott1964" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/M._M._Postan" class="mw-redirect" title="M. M. Postan">Postan, M. M.</a>; et al. (1964). <a href="/wiki/Sir_(William)_Keith_Hancock" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir (William) Keith Hancock">Hancock, K.</a> (ed.). <i>Design and Development of Weapons: Studies in Government and Industrial Organisation</i>. <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Second_World_War#United_Kingdom_Civil_Series" title="History of the Second World War">History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Civil Series</a>. London: <a href="/wiki/HMSO" class="mw-redirect" title="HMSO">HMSO</a> & Longmans, Green & Co. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-11630-089-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-11630-089-8"><bdi>978-0-11630-089-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Design+and+Development+of+Weapons%3A+Studies+in+Government+and+Industrial+Organisation&rft.place=London&rft.series=History+of+the+Second+World+War%2C+United+Kingdom+Civil+Series&rft.pub=HMSO+%26+Longmans%2C+Green+%26+Co.&rft.date=1964&rft.isbn=978-0-11630-089-8&rft.aulast=Postan&rft.aufirst=M.+M.&rft.au=Hay%2C+D.&rft.au=Scott%2C+J.+D.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACruiser+tank" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSteele2005" class="citation book cs1">Steele, Brett D. (2005). <i>Military Re-engineering Between the World Wars</i>. <a href="/wiki/Rand_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Rand Corporation">RAND</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8330-3721-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8330-3721-3"><bdi>978-0-8330-3721-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Military+Re-engineering+Between+the+World+Wars&rft.pub=RAND&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-0-8330-3721-3&rft.aulast=Steele&rft.aufirst=Brett+D.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACruiser+tank" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cruiser_tank&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Books</b> </p> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBingham" class="citation book cs1">Bingham, James. <i>Crusader-Cruiser Mark VI</i>. AFV Profiles. 1969/1971. Windsor: Profile. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/54349416">54349416</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Crusader-Cruiser+Mark+VI&rft.place=Windsor&rft.series=AFV+Profiles&rft.pub=Profile&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F54349416&rft.aulast=Bingham&rft.aufirst=James&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACruiser+tank" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBuckley2006" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/John_Buckley_(historian)" title="John Buckley (historian)">Buckley, John</a> (2006) [2004]. <i>British Armour in the Normandy Campaign 1944</i>. London: Taylor & Francis. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-415-40773-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-415-40773-1"><bdi>978-0-415-40773-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+Armour+in+the+Normandy+Campaign+1944&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Taylor+%26+Francis&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-0-415-40773-1&rft.aulast=Buckley&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACruiser+tank" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrench2001" class="citation book cs1">French, David (2001) [2000]. <i>Raising Churchill's Army: The British Army and the War Against Germany 1919–1945</i>. Oxford: <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-924630-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-924630-4"><bdi>978-0-19-924630-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Raising+Churchill%27s+Army%3A+The+British+Army+and+the+War+Against+Germany+1919%E2%80%931945&rft.place=Oxford&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-0-19-924630-4&rft.aulast=French&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACruiser+tank" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMilsomSandarsScarborough1976" class="citation book cs1">Milsom, J.; Sandars, J.; Scarborough, G. (1976). <i>Crusader</i>. Classic Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Their History and How to Model Them. Cambridge: Patrick Stephens for Airfix products. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-85059-194-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-85059-194-1"><bdi>978-0-85059-194-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Crusader&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.series=Classic+Armoured+Fighting+Vehicles%3A+Their+History+and+How+to+Model+Them&rft.pub=Patrick+Stephens+for+Airfix+products&rft.date=1976&rft.isbn=978-0-85059-194-1&rft.aulast=Milsom&rft.aufirst=J.&rft.au=Sandars%2C+J.&rft.au=Scarborough%2C+G.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACruiser+tank" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMurrayMillett2006" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Williamson_Murray" title="Williamson Murray">Murray, W.</a>; <a href="/wiki/Allan_R._Millett" title="Allan R. Millett">Millett, A. R.</a> (2006) [1996]. <i>Military Innovation in the Interwar Period</i> (17th ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-63760-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-521-63760-2"><bdi>978-0-521-63760-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Military+Innovation+in+the+Interwar+Period&rft.place=New+York&rft.edition=17th&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-0-521-63760-2&rft.aulast=Murray&rft.aufirst=W.&rft.au=Millett%2C+A.+R.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACruiser+tank" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNess2002" class="citation book cs1">Ness, L. (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/Janes-WorldWarIiTanksAndFightingVehicles-TheCompleteGuide.pdf"><i>Jane's World War II Tanks and Fighting Vehicles: The Complete Guide</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (online ed.). London: HarperCollins. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-00-711228-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-00-711228-9"><bdi>978-0-00-711228-9</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 March</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Jane%27s+World+War+II+Tanks+and+Fighting+Vehicles%3A+The+Complete+Guide&rft.place=London&rft.edition=online&rft.pub=HarperCollins&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-0-00-711228-9&rft.aulast=Ness&rft.aufirst=L.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2FJanes-WorldWarIiTanksAndFightingVehicles-TheCompleteGuide.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACruiser+tank" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPlace2000" class="citation book cs1">Place, T. H. (2000). <i>Military Training in the British Army, 1940–1944: From Dunkirk to D-Day</i>. Military History and Policy (pbk. ed.). London: Frank Cass. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7146-8091-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7146-8091-0"><bdi>978-0-7146-8091-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Military+Training+in+the+British+Army%2C+1940%E2%80%931944%3A+From+Dunkirk+to+D-Day&rft.place=London&rft.series=Military+History+and+Policy&rft.edition=pbk.&rft.pub=Frank+Cass&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-0-7146-8091-0&rft.aulast=Place&rft.aufirst=T.+H.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACruiser+tank" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPlant2014" class="citation book cs1">Plant, J. (2014). <i>Cruiser Tank Warfare</i>. London: New Generation. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-910394-17-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-910394-17-5"><bdi>978-1-910394-17-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Cruiser+Tank+Warfare&rft.place=London&rft.pub=New+Generation&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-1-910394-17-5&rft.aulast=Plant&rft.aufirst=J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACruiser+tank" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTucker2004" class="citation book cs1">Tucker, Spencer (2004). <i>Tanks: An Illustrated History of Their Impact</i>. Weapons and Warfare. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Information Services. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57607-995-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-57607-995-9"><bdi>978-1-57607-995-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tanks%3A+An+Illustrated+History+of+Their+Impact&rft.place=Santa+Barbara%2C+CA&rft.series=Weapons+and+Warfare&rft.pub=ABC-Clio+Information+Services&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-1-57607-995-9&rft.aulast=Tucker&rft.aufirst=Spencer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACruiser+tank" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <p><b>Theses</b> </p> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFArmstrong1976" class="citation thesis cs1">Armstrong, G. P. (1976). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-controversy-over-tanks-in-the-british-army-1919-to-1933(dbea3395-5044-41a2-b455-b1f51d6b2cc8).html"><i>The Controversy over Tanks in the British Army 1919 to 1933</i></a> (PhD). King's College London (University of London). <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/731234928">731234928</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/EThOS" class="mw-redirect" title="EThOS">EThOS</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.448107">uk.bl.ethos.448107</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 March</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adissertation&rft.title=The+Controversy+over+Tanks+in+the+British+Army+1919+to+1933&rft.inst=King%27s+College+London+%28University+of+London%29&rft.date=1976&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F731234928&rft.aulast=Armstrong&rft.aufirst=G.+P.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fkclpure.kcl.ac.uk%2Fportal%2Fen%2Ftheses%2Fthe-controversy-over-tanks-in-the-british-army-1919-to-1933%28dbea3395-5044-41a2-b455-b1f51d6b2cc8%29.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACruiser+tank" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCoombs2011" class="citation thesis cs1">Coombs, B. (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.590028"><i>British Tank Production, 1934–1945</i></a> (PhD). University of Kent. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/872698322">872698322</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/EThOS" class="mw-redirect" title="EThOS">EThOS</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.590028">uk.bl.ethos.590028</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 March</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adissertation&rft.title=British+Tank+Production%2C+1934%E2%80%931945&rft.inst=University+of+Kent&rft.date=2011&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F872698322&rft.aulast=Coombs&rft.aufirst=B.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fethos.bl.uk%2FOrderDetails.do%3Fuin%3Duk.bl.ethos.590028&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACruiser+tank" class="Z3988"></span> <span style="font-size:0.95em; font-size:95%; color: var( --color-subtle, #555 )">(<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Access_to_sources" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">registration required</a>)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFForrester2010" class="citation thesis cs1">Forrester, C. J. (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1753/"><i>Montgomery and his Legions: A Study of Operational Development, Innovation and Command in 21st Army Group, North-West Europe, 1944–45</i></a> (PhD). University of Leeds. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/767733859">767733859</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/EThOS" class="mw-redirect" title="EThOS">EThOS</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.540781">uk.bl.ethos.540781</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CLB_75_Tank" class="mw-redirect" title="CLB 75 Tank">CLB 75 Tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FCM_1A" title="FCM 1A">FCM 1A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiat_2000" title="Fiat 2000">Fiat 2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holt_gas%E2%80%93electric_tank" title="Holt gas–electric tank">Holt gas–electric tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Willie" title="Little Willie">Little Willie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LK_I" title="LK I">LK I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LK_II" title="LK II">LK II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_heavy_tanks_of_World_War_I#Mark_VII" class="mw-redirect" title="British heavy tanks of World War I">Mark VII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skeleton_tank" title="Skeleton tank">Skeleton tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steam_tank" title="Steam tank">Steam tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steam_Wheel_Tank" title="Steam Wheel Tank">Steam Wheel Tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sturmpanzerwagen_Oberschlesien" title="Sturmpanzerwagen Oberschlesien">Sturmpanzerwagen Oberschlesien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsar_Tank" title="Tsar Tank">Tsar Tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vezdekhod" title="Vezdekhod">Vezdekhod</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:World_War_I_tanks" title="Category:World War I tanks">World War I tanks</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="List-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Symbol_list_class.svg/16px-Symbol_list_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Symbol_list_class.svg/23px-Symbol_list_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Symbol_list_class.svg/31px-Symbol_list_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/List_of_combat_vehicles_of_World_War_I" title="List of combat vehicles of World War I">List of combat vehicles of World War I</a></li></ul> <p>Background: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_tank" title="History of the tank">History of the tank</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tank_classification" title="Tank classification">Tank classification</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tanks_in_World_War_I" title="Tanks in World War I">Tanks in World War I</a> </p> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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title="L3/33">L3/33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L3/35" title="L3/35">L3/35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R-1_tank" title="R-1 tank">R-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-27" title="T-27">T-27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-32_(%C5%A0-I-D)" title="T-32 (Š-I-D)">T-32 (Š-I-D)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tan%C4%8D%C3%ADk_vz._33" title="Tančík vz. 33">Tančík vz. 33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TKS" title="TKS">TKS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_92_heavy_armoured_car" title="Type 92 heavy armoured car">Type 92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_94_tankette" title="Type 94 tankette">Type 94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_97_Te-Ke_tankette" title="Type 97 Te-Ke tankette">Type 97 Te-Ke</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Light_tank" title="Light tank">Light</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/7TP" title="7TP">7TP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/38M_Toldi" title="38M Toldi">38M Toldi I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Char_D1" title="Char D1">Char D1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disston_Tractor_Tank" title="Disston Tractor Tank">Disston Tractor Tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiat_3000" title="Fiat 3000">Fiat 3000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hotchkiss_H35" title="Hotchkiss H35">H35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landsverk_L-60" title="Landsverk L-60">L-60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_tanks_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Light tanks of the United Kingdom">Light tanks Mk I–V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_Tank_Mk_VI" class="mw-redirect" title="Light Tank Mk VI">Light tank Mk VI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_Tank_Mk_VII_Tetrarch" class="mw-redirect" title="Light Tank Mk VII Tetrarch">Light tank Mk VII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LT_vz._34" title="LT vz. 34">LT vz. 34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_35(t)" title="Panzer 35(t)">LT vz. 35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_38(t)" title="Panzer 38(t)">LT vz. 38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1_combat_car" title="M1 combat car">M1 combat car</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M2_light_tank" title="M2 light tank">M2 light tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_I" title="Panzer I">Panzer I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_II" title="Panzer II">Panzer II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renault_R35" title="Renault R35">R35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-18_tank" title="T-18 tank">T-18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-26" title="T-26">T-26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-37A_tank" title="T-37A tank">T-37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-38_tank" title="T-38 tank">T-38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_95_Ha-Go_light_tank" title="Type 95 Ha-Go light tank">Type 95 Ha-Go</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_6-ton" title="Vickers 6-ton">Vickers 6-ton</a></li> <li><span class="wraplinks"><a href="/wiki/Vickers-Carden-Loyd_light_amphibious_tank" title="Vickers-Carden-Loyd light amphibious tank">Vickers-Carden-Loyd light amphibious tank</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_T-15_light_tank" title="Vickers T-15 light tank">Vickers T-15</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Medium_tank" title="Medium tank">Medium</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Char_D2" title="Char D2">Char D2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-24_tank" title="T-24 tank">T-24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-28_(medium_tank)" title="T-28 (medium tank)">T-28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_89_I-Go_medium_tank" title="Type 89 I-Go medium tank">Type 89 I-Go</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_97_Chi-Ha_medium_tank" title="Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tank">Type 97 Chi-Ha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Medium_Mark_I" title="Vickers Medium Mark I">Vickers medium Mk I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Medium_Mark_II" title="Vickers Medium Mark II">Vickers medium Mk II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Cavalry, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">cruiser</a>, fast</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AMC_34" title="AMC 34">AMC 34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC_35" title="AMC 35">AMC 35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMR_33" title="AMR 33">AMR 33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMR_35" title="AMR 35">AMR 35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BT_tank" title="BT tank">BT tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cruiser_Mk_I" title="Cruiser Mk I">Cruiser Mk I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cruiser_Mk_II" title="Cruiser Mk II">Cruiser Mk II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cruiser_Mk_III" title="Cruiser Mk III">Cruiser Mk III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SOMUA_S35" title="SOMUA S35">SOMUA S35</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Infantry_tank" title="Infantry tank">Infantry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FCM_36" title="FCM 36">FCM 36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hotchkiss_H35" title="Hotchkiss H35">Hotchkiss H35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matilda_I_(tank)" title="Matilda I (tank)">Matilda I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-26" title="T-26">T-26</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Heavy_tank" title="Heavy tank">Heavy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Super-heavy_tank" title="Super-heavy tank">super-heavy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Char_2C" title="Char 2C">Char 2C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Char_B1" title="Char B1">Char B1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-35" title="T-35">T-35</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Prototype" title="Prototype">Prototypes</a>,<br />experimentals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/10TP" title="10TP">10TP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FCM_F1" title="FCM F1">FCM F1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grosstraktor" title="Grosstraktor">Grosstraktor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolohousenka" title="Kolohousenka">Kolohousenka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landsverk_L-120" title="Landsverk L-120">Landsverk L-120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leichttraktor" title="Leichttraktor">Leichttraktor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medium_Mark_III" title="Medium Mark III">Medium Mark III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medium_Mark_D" title="Medium Mark D">Medium Mark D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A7_Medium_Tank" class="mw-redirect" title="A7 Medium Tank">Medium tank A7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris-Martel" title="Morris-Martel">Morris-Martel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neubaufahrzeug" title="Neubaufahrzeug">Neubaufahrzeug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PZIn%C5%BC_130" title="PZInż 130">PZInż 130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%A0koda_MU-4" title="Škoda MU-4">Škoda MU-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SMK_tank" title="SMK tank">SMK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Straussler_V-4" title="Straussler V-4">Straussler V-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landsverk_L-10" title="Landsverk L-10">Stridsvagn m/31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ST_vz._39" title="ST vz. 39">ST vz. 39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T1_light_tank" title="T1 light tank">T1 light tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T2_tank" title="T2 tank">T2 medium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T7_combat_car" title="T7 combat car">T7 combat car</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-19" title="T-19">T-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-42_super-heavy_tank" title="T-42 super-heavy tank">T-42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-100_tank" title="T-100 tank">T-100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_87_Chi-I_medium_tank" title="Type 87 Chi-I medium tank">Type 87 Chi-I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_91_heavy_tank" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 91 heavy tank">Type 91 heavy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_95_heavy_tank" title="Type 95 heavy tank">Type 95 heavy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_97_Chi-Ni_medium_tank" title="Type 97 Chi-Ni medium tank">Type 97 Chi-Ni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_98_Chi-Ho_medium_tank" title="Type 98 Chi-Ho medium tank">Type 98 Chi-Ho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verdeja" title="Verdeja">Verdeja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_A1E1_Independent" title="Vickers A1E1 Independent">Vickers A1E1 Independent</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Tanks_of_the_interwar_period" title="Category:Tanks of the interwar period">Interwar period tanks</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="List-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Symbol_list_class.svg/16px-Symbol_list_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" 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title="M24 Chaffee">M24 Chaffee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marmon-Herrington_CTLS" class="mw-redirect" title="Marmon-Herrington CTLS">Marmon-Herrington CTLS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renault_R40" title="Renault R40">Renault R40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NI_tank" title="NI tank">NI tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-26" title="T-26">T-26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-40_tank" title="T-40 tank">T-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-60_tank" title="T-60 tank">T-60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-70" title="T-70">T-70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_Tank_Mk_VII_Tetrarch" class="mw-redirect" title="Light Tank Mk VII Tetrarch">Tetrarch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_I" title="Panzer I">Panzer I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_II" title="Panzer II">Panzer II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_35(t)" title="Panzer 35(t)">Panzer 35(t)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_98_Ke-Ni_light_tank" title="Type 98 Ke-Ni light tank">Type 98 Ke-Ni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_2_Ke-To_light_tank" title="Type 2 Ke-To light tank">Type 2 Ke-To</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_2_Ka-Mi" title="Type 2 Ka-Mi">Type 2 Ka-Mi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_4_Ke-Nu_light_tank" title="Type 4 Ke-Nu light tank">Type 4 Ke-Nu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Medium_tank" title="Medium tank">Medium</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/40M_Tur%C3%A1n" title="40M Turán">Turán I and II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43M_Tur%C3%A1n_III" title="43M Turán III">43M Turán III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M11/39_tank" title="M11/39 tank">M11/39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M13/40_tank" title="M13/40 tank">M13/40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M14/41_tank" title="M14/41 tank">M14/41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M15/42_tank" title="M15/42 tank">M15/42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M2_medium_tank" title="M2 medium tank">M2 medium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M3_Lee" title="M3 Lee">M3 Lee/Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M4_Sherman" title="M4 Sherman">M4 Sherman</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sherman_Firefly" title="Sherman Firefly">Sherman Firefly</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M26_Pershing" title="M26 Pershing">M26 Pershing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P26/40_tank" title="P26/40 tank">P26/40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_III" title="Panzer III">Panzer III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panzer_IV" title="Panzer IV">Panzer IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panther_tank" title="Panther tank">Panzer V Panther</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stridsvagn_m/41" title="Stridsvagn m/41">Stridsvagn m/41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stridsvagn_m/42" title="Stridsvagn m/42">Stridsvagn m/42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-34" title="T-34">T-34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-44" title="T-44">T-44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_97_ShinH%C5%8Dt%C5%8D_Chi-Ha_medium_tank" title="Type 97 ShinHōtō Chi-Ha medium tank">Type 97 ShinHōtō Chi-Ha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_1_Chi-He_medium_tank" title="Type 1 Chi-He medium tank">Type 1 Chi-He</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_3_Ka-Chi" title="Type 3 Ka-Chi">Type 3 Ka-Chi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_3_Chi-Nu_medium_tank" title="Type 3 Chi-Nu medium tank">Type 3 Chi-Nu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Cruiser</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sentinel_tank" title="Sentinel tank">AC1 Sentinel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cruiser_Mk_IV" title="Cruiser Mk IV">Cruiser Mk IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covenanter_tank" title="Covenanter tank">Covenanter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crusader_tank" title="Crusader tank">Crusader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalier_tank" title="Cavalier tank">Cavalier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cromwell_tank" title="Cromwell tank">Cromwell (and Centaur)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cruiser_Mk_VIII_Challenger" title="Cruiser Mk VIII Challenger">Mk VIII Challenger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comet_(tank)" title="Comet (tank)">Comet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grizzly_I_cruiser" title="Grizzly I cruiser">Grizzly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_tank" title="Ram tank">Ram</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Infantry_tank" title="Infantry tank">Infantry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Churchill_tank" title="Churchill tank">Churchill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matilda_II" title="Matilda II">Matilda II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valentine_tank" title="Valentine tank">Valentine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-50_tank" title="T-50 tank">T-50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_2_Ho-I" title="Type 2 Ho-I">Type 2 Ho-I</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Heavy_tank" title="Heavy tank">Heavy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IS_tank_family" title="IS tank family">IS tank</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IS_tank_family" title="IS tank family">IS-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IS-2" title="IS-2">IS-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IS-3" title="IS-3">IS-3</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kliment_Voroshilov_tank" title="Kliment Voroshilov tank">KV tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiger_I" title="Tiger I">Tiger I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiger_II" title="Tiger II">Tiger II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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href="/wiki/Type_5_To-Ku" title="Type 5 To-Ku">Type 5 To-Ku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valiant_tank" title="Valiant tank">Valiant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verdeja" title="Verdeja">Verdeja</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:World_War_II_tanks" title="Category:World War II tanks">World War II tanks</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="List-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Symbol_list_class.svg/16px-Symbol_list_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Symbol_list_class.svg/23px-Symbol_list_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Symbol_list_class.svg/31px-Symbol_list_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/List_of_armoured_fighting_vehicles_of_World_War_II" title="List of armoured fighting vehicles of World War II">List of armoured fighting vehicles of World War II</a></li> <li>Background: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_tank" title="History of the tank">History of the tank</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tank_classification" title="Tank classification">Tank classification</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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tank">WZ-132 light tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WZ-122_main_battle_tank" title="WZ-122 main battle tank">WZ-122</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Tanks_of_the_Cold_War" title="Category:Tanks of the Cold War">Cold War tanks</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="List-Class article"><img 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title="Pokpung-ho">Pokpung-ho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PT-91_Twardy" title="PT-91 Twardy">PT-91 Twardy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramses_II_tank" title="Ramses II tank">Ramses II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabra_(tank)" title="Sabra (tank)">Sabra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stridsvagn_122" title="Stridsvagn 122">Stridsvagn 122</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-72M4CZ" title="T-72M4CZ">T-72M4CZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-84" title="T-84">T-84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-90" title="T-90">T-90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_10" title="Type 10">Type 10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_72Z" title="Type 72Z">Type 72Z</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_96_tank" title="Type 96 tank">Type 96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_99_tank" title="Type 99 tank">Type 99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VT-4" title="VT-4">VT-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zulfiqar_(tank)" title="Zulfiqar (tank)">Zulfiqar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Light_tank" title="Light tank">Light</a> / <a href="/wiki/Medium_tank" title="Medium tank">medium</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sabrah_light_tank" title="Sabrah light tank">Sabrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabre_(tank)" title="Sabre (tank)">Sabre CVRT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2S25_Sprut-SD" title="2S25 Sprut-SD">2S25 Sprut-SD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tosan_tank" title="Tosan tank">Tosan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_15_tank" title="Type 15 tank">Type 15 / VT-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_63A" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 63A">Type 63A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_05_amphibious_fighting_vehicle#Variants" title="Type 05 amphibious fighting vehicle">ZTD-05 / ZLT-05</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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Cornsilk;color:black;"><a href="/wiki/M8_armored_gun_system" title="M8 armored gun system">M8 armored gun system</a></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M10_Booker" title="M10 Booker">M10 Booker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M2020_tank" class="mw-redirect" title="M2020 tank">M2020</a></li> <li><span style="background-color: Cornsilk;color:black;"><a href="/wiki/M60-2000" title="M60-2000">M60-2000</a></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M-84AS" title="M-84AS">M-84AS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M-84AS1" title="M-84AS1">M-84AS1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M-84D" title="M-84D">M-84D</a></li> <li><span style="background-color: Cornsilk;color:black;"><a href="/wiki/M-95_Degman" title="M-95 Degman">M-95 Degman</a></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><span style="background-color: Cornsilk;color:black;"><a href="/wiki/Main_Ground_Combat_System" title="Main Ground 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