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  2. Crusader tank - Wikipedia

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    Preserved Crusader gun tractor. The Crusader gun tractor came out of a need for a vehicle to tow the heavy 76.2 mm QF 17 pounder anti-tank gun. It was a Crusader tank hull with a simple boxy superstructure replacing that of the gun tank. The 14 mm thick structure protected the driver and the gun crew of six. The tractor also carried ammunition ...

  3. Artillery tractor - Wikipedia

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    Wheeled British WWII Scammell Pioneer towing an 8-inch howitzer Tracked Finnish WWII Komsomolets (captured from USSR) Half-tracked German Sd.Kfz. 7 towing an 8.8cm Flak. An artillery tractor, also referred to as a gun tractor, is a specialized heavy-duty form of tractor unit used to tow artillery pieces of varying weights and calibres.

  4. BL 5.5-inch medium gun - Wikipedia

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    The first in 1945 used the Crusader gun tractor (developed from the Crusader tank to tow 17-pounder anti-tank guns). It was a turretless design with no casemate. The second, FV3805, in the 1950s used a Centurion tank carriage, the gun being in a barbette mounting in a fully enclosed casemate. The chassis was reversed, with the enclosed fighting ...

  5. Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars - Wikipedia

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    By 1944 the batteries of infantry divisional A/T regiments such as 63rd A/T Rgt consisted of one troop of 6-pounders and two troops of 17-pounders but corps A/T regiments were fully equipped with 17-pounders, two batteries towed by Crusader tanks converted into gun tractors, and two self-propelled (SP) batteries with M10 tank destroyers ...

  6. Scammell Pioneer - Wikipedia

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    Typical early war use included towing such medium pieces as the 60-pounder, 6-inch howitzer, 4.5-inch gun and 5.5-inch howitzer, until the AEC Matador medium gun tractor was issued in sufficient numbers. Heavy artillery pieces towed included the 6-inch gun, 8-inch howitzer, 155 mm Long Tom and the 7.2-inch howitzer.

  7. List of military vehicles of World War II - Wikipedia

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    Crusader II, Gun Tractor Mk I; Guy Quad; Morris C8 Quad FAT (10,000) Scammell Pioneer R100 ... T28 super-heavy tank a.k.a. 105 mm gun motor carriage T95 (2 ...

  8. British armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II

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    Crusader was used extensively in North Africa, but suffered from problems with reliability and insufficient numbers were able to be fielded, many returning to workshops for servicing. Works to replace the Crusader continued in Britain, but when its successors were delayed the Crusader was modified to take the 6-pounder gun.

  9. Category:Artillery tractors - Wikipedia

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    Crusader II, Gun Tractor Mk I; F. Field Artillery Tractor; Foster-Daimler tractor; H. ... Type 96 AA gun prime mover; Type 98 So-Da; U. Universal Carrier; V. Vickers ...