Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Tank, Cruiser, Mk I (A9) was a British cruiser tank of the interwar period. It was the first cruiser tank: a fast tank designed to bypass the main enemy lines and engage the enemy's lines of communication, as well as enemy tanks. The Cruiser Mk II was a more heavily armoured adaptation of the Mark I, developed at much the same time.
Cruiser Tank Mark I (A9) An even bigger problem for most cruiser tanks was the small calibre of their main gun. The first cruisers were armed with the 2-pounder (40 mm) gun. This gun had adequate armour penetration against early war tanks but was never issued high explosive ammunition.
Cruiser Mk I (A9) Cruiser Mk II (A10) A Cruiser Mk III (A13) In 1934 the best features of the earlier Mk III light tank were incorporated into a cruiser tank design. Sir John Carden of Vickers-Armstrong produced this new tank, to General Staff specification A9, which was subsequently accepted as the Cruiser Mk I (A9). A prototype was tested in ...
Design based on Carden-Loyd Light Tank. Medium Tank A/T 1 - amphibious tank, experimental; Vickers Medium Mark C & D - intended for export, prototypes sold to Japan and Ireland. Cruiser Mk I - General Staff Specification A9; Cruiser Mk II; Cruiser Mk III; Matilda I; Matilda II; Light tank Mk I-Mk V; Light Tank Mark VI (1,682) Light Tank Mk VII ...
The Tank, Cruiser, Mk II (A10), was a cruiser tank developed alongside the A9 cruiser tank, and was intended to be a heavier, infantry tank version of that type. In practice, it was not deemed suitable for the infantry tank role and was classified as a "heavy cruiser". It served briefly in World War II.
7th Armoured Brigade (4 × A10 Cruiser tanks with brigade HQ) 2nd Royal Tank Regiment (10 × A9, 11 × A10, 21 × A13 Mk II Cruiser tanks) 6th Royal Tank Regiment (53 × Crusader I) 3rd Hussars (16 × Mk VIb light tanks) 7th Support Group 1st The King's Royal Rifle Corps; 2nd The Rifle Brigade; 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
The Cruiser Mark VI Crusader was the main British mid war cruiser tank. In late 1942 they were supplanted by American tanks such as the M3 Lee and M4 Sherman. Tank, Cruiser, Mk.I (A9) Tank, Cruiser, Mk.II (A10) Tank, Cruiser, Mk.III (A13) Tank, Cruiser, Mk.IV (A13 Mk.II) Tank, Cruiser, Mk.V, Covenanter (A13 Mk.III) – training use only
Cromwell (popular name for the A27 Cruiser Tank Mark VIII) Cruiser Tank Mk I medium tank (also known as the A9) (United Kingdom; pre–World War II (1938)) Cruiser Tank Mk I medium tank (also known as the AC1) (Australia; World War II) Cruiser Tank Mk II medium tank (also known as the A10) (United Kingdom; World War II) Cruiser Tank Mk III ...