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The AC1 Sentinel was a cruiser tank designed in Australia in World War II in response to the war in Europe, and to the threat of Japan expanding the war to the Pacific or even a feared Japanese invasion of Australia. It was the first tank to be built with a hull cast as a single piece, and the only tank to be produced in quantity in Australia.
The Australian tank program developed and produced two tank designs, a cruiser tank called the Sentinel, and the Thunderbolt. An order was made to build a total of 200 Thunderbolt tanks, [ 67 ] [ 68 ] and after the pilot model AC3 had been completed, large scale production began. [ 69 ]
Hi-Ro Sha 10 cm cannon self-propelled gun on Type 95 heavy tank chassis; Ji-Ro Type 92 10 cm cannon self-propelled gun on Type 95 heavy tank chassis; Type 97 Chi-Ni medium tank; one prototype built; Type 98 Chi-Ho medium tank; 4 built, two in 1940 and two in 1941; O-I super-heavy tank design in the 120-ton range. Exact stage of development unknown
Pages in category "Military vehicles introduced from 1940 to 1944" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 283 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Vickers amphibious tank M1931 (29 tanks purchased from GB) British 12-ton tank (type unclear – likely Vickers Medium Mark II, possibly Cruiser Mk I, or remotely Matilda I) T26 (88 provided by Soviets in 1938) BT-5 (4 provided by Soviets in 1938) Marmon-Herrington CTLS (few diverted from Dutch after the fall of Java) AMR 35; T-34 (supplied ...
Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World War Two: The Complete Illustrated Dictionary of German Battle Tanks, Armoured Cars, Self-Propelled Guns and Semi-Track. Cassell. ISBN 978-1854095183. Taki's Imperial Japanese Army Page – Akira Takizawa; Zaloga, Steven J. (2007). Japanese Tanks 1939–45. Osprey. ISBN 978-1-8460-3091-8
The number of Type 97 medium tanks produced was slightly lower than the output of Type 95 Ha-Go light tanks, but larger than any other medium tank fielded by Japan. [36] Some 3,000 examples of the Type 97 Chi-Ha were produced by Mitsubishi, including several types of specialized tanks .
The third generation of main battle tanks is characterized by composite armour and computer stabilized fire control systems, which allow firing on the move as well as very high first hit probability on targets multiple kilometres away. Many tanks had smoothbore guns with a calibre around 120mm.