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Complementing the 16-in/50 caliber Mark 7 gun was a fire control computer, the Ford Instrument Company Mark 8 Range Keeper. This analog computer was used to direct the fire from the battleship's big guns, taking into account factors including the speed of the targeted ship, the projectile's travel time, and air resistance.
A Churchill tank in a hull down defensive position made a particular contribution to Allied success. In one encounter, on 21 April 1943, during the start of the Battle of Longstop Hill, a Churchill tank of the 48th Royal Tank Regiment got the better of a German Tiger I heavy tank. A 6 pounder shot from the Churchill lodged between the Tiger's ...
Tank, Light Mk VII also known as the Tetrarch tank; British light tank designed in 1938; 16"/50 caliber Mark 7 gun, an American naval gun used aboard Iowa-class battleships; Supermarine Spitfire Mk VII; high altitude Royal Air Force fighter variant with pressurised cabin; Mark 7 nuclear bomb (1951–1955), ; an American nuclear bomb; Mk 7 helmet
In April 1938, the 7th (Leeds Rifles) Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment converted to the armoured role as the 45th (Leeds Rifles) Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment. The Leeds Rifles was a long-standing Territorial Army (TA) infantry unit, founded by volunteers from the city of Leeds in 1859. In June 1939, the company based at Morley was split off ...
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. Alecto – a self-propelled gun on a light tank chassis; TOG1 – tank design suitable for crossing shelled areas and trenches; TOG2
U.S.Army CWS-POA-H1 and H2 USMC M4A3R5 Mark-1; U.S.Army CWS-POA-H5 USMC M4A3R8 with coaxial H1A-5A flamethrower; U.S.Army M42-B1E9 [13] M4 Crocodile: four M4 tanks converted by British for US 2nd Armored Division in NW Europe with the same armoured fuel trailer as used on the Churchill Crocodile but the fuel line went over the hull
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With tanks unable to leave the beaches, the raid stalled and failed. Following failure of the raid, a Royal Canadian Engineer officer, Lt J.J. Denovan who was attached to the Department of Tank Design, proposed a vehicle to protect engineers during assault operations. Development commenced based on the experiences at Dieppe.