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An outstanding achievement of the British Army had been the creation of the Experimental Mechanised Force in the late 1920s. This was a small Brigade-sized unit developed to field-test the use of tanks and other vehicles. The unit pioneered the extensive use of radio to control widely separated small units.
The Challenger 2 is the third vehicle of this name, the first being the A30 Challenger, a World War II design using the Cromwell tank chassis with a 17-pounder gun. The second was the Persian Gulf War era Challenger 1, which was the British army's main battle tank (MBT) from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s.
A2E1 and A2E2: Medium Tank Vickers Mk I and Medium Tank Vickers Mk I (CS version) [2] A3 3-man tank (Royal Ordnance Factory); Carrier MG Mk I [3] A4 Vickers Carden-Loyd light tanks. See Light Tank Mk IV, A4E11 and A4E12 referred to the Vickers-Carden-Loyd Light Amphibious Tank: A5 Vickers Carden-Loyd 3-man light tanks.
3.7 mph (6.0 km/h) maximum [ 1 ] British heavy tanks were a series of related armoured fighting vehicles developed by the UK during the First World War. The Mark I was the world's first tank, a tracked, armed, and armoured vehicle, to enter combat. The name "tank" was initially a code name to maintain secrecy and disguise its true purpose.
range. 120 miles (190 km) Maximum speed. 30 mph (48 km/h) The Medium Mark III was a medium tank developed by the United Kingdom during the Interwar period. The prototypes of the Medium Mark II were the three A6 also known as "16-tonner" tanks. From the tests of the A6, three Mark IIIs were built and put into service with the British Army but ...
The last British Regiment equipped with Chieftains was the 1st Royal Tank Regiment, which was based at Aliwal Barracks, Tidworth. A former Iranian Army Chieftain Mk.5 main battle tank on display at the Kubinka Tank Museum. The first model was introduced in 1967. Chieftains were supplied to at least six countries, including Iran, Kuwait, Oman ...
335 (M3 variant) [1] The Canal Defence Light (CDL) was a British "secret weapon" of the Second World War, based upon the use of a powerful carbon-arc searchlight mounted on a tank. It was intended to be used during night-time attacks, when the light would allow enemy positions to be targeted. A secondary use of the light would be to dazzle and ...
Royal Ordnance L30. The L30A1, officially designated Gun, 120 mm, Tank L30,is a British-designed 120 mm rifled tank gun, installed in the turrets of Challenger 2 main battle tanks. It is an improved production model of the Royal Ordnance L11 series of rifled tank guns. Challenger 2 tanks and their L30A1 guns are operated by the British and ...