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The Cromwell tank, officially Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Cromwell (A27M), was one of the series of cruiser tanks fielded by Britain in the Second World War. [ b ] Named after the English Civil War –era military leader Oliver Cromwell , the Cromwell was the first tank put into service by the British to combine high speed from a powerful, reliable ...
The Tank, Cruiser, Challenger (A30) was a British tank of World War II. It mounted the QF 17-pounder anti-tank gun on a chassis derived from the Cromwell tank to add anti-tank firepower to the cruiser tank units. The design compromises made in fitting the large gun onto the Cromwell chassis resulted in a tank with a powerful weapon and reduced ...
Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Cromwell: A28 cancelled, was to be an Infantry tank variant of Cromwell* A29 cancelled, was to be a 17-pdr armed assault tank named Clan* A30 Tank, Cruiser, Mk.VIII, Challenger, 17-pdr armed SP 17pdr, A30 (Avenger) A31 cancelled, was to be a Cromwell with heavier armour* proposed by Rolls Royce A32
The British 3rd Infantry Division of I Corps, came ashore on Sword Beach on 6 June 1944, with Caen—9 mi (14 km) inland—as their final objective. [2] The vicinity of Caen was attractive to Allied planners because it contained airfields and was open, dry and conducive to swift offensive operations, for which the Allies had the advantage of numerical superiority in tanks and mobile units. [3]
Hobart's Funnies is the nickname given to a number of specialist armoured fighting vehicles derived from tanks operated during the Second World War by units of the 79th Armoured Division of the British Army or by specialists from the Royal Engineers.
The Comet tank or Tank, Cruiser, Comet I (A34) was a British cruiser tank that first saw use near the end of the Second World War, during the Western Allied invasion of Germany. The Comet was developed from the earlier Cromwell tank with a lower profile, partly- cast turret which mounted the new 77 mm HV gun.
Being one of few formations in reserve, the 11th Armoured was urgently recalled to active service with its old tanks and directed to hold a defensive line along the Meuse, between Namur and Givet. 29th Armoured Brigade played a significant role stopping the progress of German Battlegroup Böhm on 25 and 26 December 1944.
A Cromwell tank and Willys MB 'jeep' passing an abandoned German 8.8 cm PaK 43 anti-tank gun during Totalize The First Canadian Army was ordered to capture high ground north of Falaise to trap Army Group B. [ 29 ] The Canadians planned Operation Totalize , with attacks by strategic bombers and a novel night attack using Kangaroo armoured ...