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The following Crusader Mark II had a maximum armour of 49 mm (1.9 in). The main armament for the Crusader Mark I and IIs was a 40 mm Ordnance QF 2-pounder gun; the following Crusader Mark III was fitted with a 57 mm Ordnance QF 6-pounder gun at the expense of one member of the crew in the
The Crusader tanks became the main British tank, the A15 Crusader Mark I and II variants had QF 2 pounder (40mm) main gun, but the 'Crusader III' was fitted with an Ordnance QF 6 pounder (57mm) main gun. It used the same main turret as the A13 Mk III Covenanter designs, and over 5,000 tanks were manufactured.
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.
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 ...
Centaur, AA Mk I Used a Crusader III, anti-aircraft Mk II turret fitted with twin 20 mm Polsten guns instead of Oerlikons. [45] Were originally deployed in Normandy, but withdrawn as unnecessary due to Allied air superiority. 95 were produced. [citation needed] Centaur, AA Mk II Same turret as Crusader III, AA Mk III but with twin 20 mm Polsten ...
Staghound Mk III Had a turret taken from an 6-pdr (57 mm) gun armed Crusader tank and 7.92 mm Besa machine gun. Some of these were then re-fitted with the AEC armoured car Mk III turret with 75 mm gun. [19] There was no bow machine gun. These had reached the front line by 1945, where it was supplied to heavy troops of armoured car regiments ...
The Tank, Infantry, Mk III, Valentine was an infantry tank produced in the United Kingdom during World War II. More than 8,000 Valentines were produced in eleven marks, plus specialised variants, accounting for about a quarter of wartime British tank production. [ 1 ]
The Mk I was first used in combat in the North African Campaign late in 1942, where a few vehicles were reportedly fitted with a Crusader tank turret mounting a 6 pounder gun. The Mk II and Mk III took part in the fighting in Europe with British and British Indian Army units, often together with the American-supplied Staghound armoured car.