Crusader, in full "Tank, Cruiser Mk VI, Crusader", also known by its General Staff number A.15, was one of the primary British cruiser tanks during the...
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cruiser tanks, followed by the A13, A13 Mark II, the A13 Mark III Covenanter in 1940 and the A15 Crusader which entered service in 1941. The Crusader was...
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Crusades Convair NB-36H Crusader, an experimental nuclear-powered bomber Crusader tank, a British cruiser tank of World War II Crusaders (guerrilla), a Croatian...
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Crusader Operation Crusader and Rommel's Dash To The Wire The Crusader Project [1] Animated Map of Operation Crusader Operation Crusader animated battle...
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Second World War. It was derived as a follow on from the Nuffield's A15 Crusader tank as it was expected to enter production in 1942. A parallel effort under...
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concern for the Tank Board, as cooling issues had been a major problem for the previous generation of Crusader and Covenanter tanks. The Tank board was still...
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Mk VI Crusader tank. The initial designs for the new Cromwell tank evolved into the A24 Mk VII Cavalier tank and the A27L Mk VIII Centaur tank, both powered...
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newer, better tank designs were waiting for space on production lines. A Covenanter tank cost the British Government £12,000, a Crusader tank cost £13,700...
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or building blindspots. Examples of this can be seen in the Crusader tank, Sherman tank, Tiger I, T-34-85, and even modern armored vehicles today such...
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M3 Stuart (redirect from M5 light tank)
Operation Crusader (18 November – 30 December 1941). Stuarts were the first American-crewed tanks in World War II to engage the enemy in tank versus tank combat...
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weapons and tanks. They were initially equipped and trained on Crusader tanks but in late 1943 and early 1944 these were replaced with Sherman tanks and Cromwell...
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Liberty L-12 (section Tank)
Nuffield Liberty Mk II Crusader tank – Nuffield Liberty Mk III, IIIA, IIIB, or IV Cavalier tank – Nuffield Liberty Mk IVA Centaur tank – a parallel version...
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Rolls-Royce Meteor (category Tank engines)
April 1941, the first Merlin prepared for tank use was despatched to Aldershot in a modified Crusader tank, which was tested on the Army standard speed...
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Model 1969) Cromwell Cruiser tank (Used by Polish 1st Armoured Division (Polish 1 Dywizja Pancerna)) Crusader Cruiser tank (Used by Polish 1st Armoured...
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a Covenanter tank cost the British Government £12,000, a Crusader tank cost £13,700, a Matilda tank cost £18,000, and a Valentine tank £14,900; in 1967...
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France. The Crusader tanks became the main British tank, the A15 Crusader Mark I and II variants had QF 2 pounder (40mm) main gun, but the 'Crusader III' was...
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that the Crusader was to share a common engine with the M1 Abrams. The principal driver for this change was to shed weight off the Crusader. Caterpillar...
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Carro Armato Celere Sahariano (redirect from M16/43 tank)
17 to 18 short tons) tank to counter the faster A-13 series tanks exemplified by the Crusader tank. Ansaldo began the new tank project in June 1941 by...
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Campaign late in 1942, where a few vehicles were reportedly fitted with a Crusader tank turret mounting a 6 pounder gun. The Mk II and Mk III took part in the...
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reconnaissance force. The Commonwealth forces involved in the attack had 150 Crusader tanks plus a number of armoured cars. On 15 November the Ariete Division,...
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British armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II (category Tanks of the United Kingdom)
array of tank components, increasing performance and reliability.[page needed] This saw the transition from work on an improved Crusader tank, the Cavalier...
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Cruiser Mk VIII Challenger (redirect from Challenger tank (WWII))
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...
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create a tank, the M16/43 "Saharan Fast Medium Tank", based on the design of a captured British A15 Crusader tank.: 16 Although the prototype tank performed...
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against British Matilda II tanks. Ariete had more success with the M13 in the action at Bir el Gubi against the Crusader tanks of the British 22nd Armoured...
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A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Tank designs are a balance of heavy firepower...
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7TP light tank. Shortly before the war it was given to the British and was used in almost all tanks of WWII, including the British Crusader, Churchill...
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Matilda II (redirect from Infantry Tank II Matilda)
anti-tank guns also provided a means for the German infantry to engage Matilda tanks at combat ranges. Nevertheless, during Operation Crusader Matilda...
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Cruiser Mk IV (category Cruiser tanks of the United Kingdom)
The Cruiser MkIV was replaced by two tank designs, the Cruiser MkV Covenanter tank and the A15 Crusader tank. The A13 Covenanter was a radical departure...
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Contentious Conway Covenanter Cromwell Crusader Light Tank Mk VI Matilda I Matilda II Medium Tank A/T 1 - an amphibious tank prototype TOG 1 TOG 2 Valentine...
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Nuffield Mechanizations and Aero (category History of the tank)
this went into service as the Crusader tank. While initially effective, in the harsh North Africa campaign the Crusader got a reputation for being unreliable...
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