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American armoured vehicles were purchased and sometimes re-fitted with British guns, and were used by British and British-supplied Allied forces throughout the war. Sherman IC and VC – Sherman I and Sherman V medium tank chassis adapted by the British with a redesigned turret to mount a British 17-pounder gun.
World War II tanks of the United Kingdom (53 P) Pages in category "World War II armoured fighting vehicles of the United Kingdom" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
This article lists British armoured fighting vehicle production during the Second World War.The United Kingdom produced 27,528 tanks and self-propelled guns from July 1939 to May 1945, as well as 26,191 armoured cars and 69,071 armoured personnel carriers (mostly the Universal Carrier).
The following is a list of British military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels. This also would largely apply to Commonwealth of Nations countries in World War II like Australia, India and South Africa as the majority of their equipment would have been British as they were at that time part of the British Empire.
The organisational structure of the armoured divisions in 1939. Between May 1939 and May 1945, there were nine changes in the organisation of the divisions. [25] When first formed, the Mobile Division had six light tank regiments in two cavalry brigades and a tank brigade of three medium regiments.
The Universal Tank: British Armour in the Second World War Part 2. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, for Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers Museum. ISBN 978-0-11-290534-9. Fletcher, David (2017). British Battle Tanks: British-Made Tanks of World War II. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4728-2003-7. Perrett, Bryan (1993).
Pages in category "World War II tanks of the United Kingdom" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Challenger had been developed in anticipation of more heavily armoured Axis tanks, following the trend in Nazi German tank design. At roughly the same time the Tiger I entered service with the German army, placing an immediate need for a 17-pounder armed tank in response. [ 7 ]