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    The Tank, Cruiser, Mk III, also known by its General Staff specification number A13 Mark I, was a British cruiser tank of the Second World War. It was...
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    The Cruiser Tank Mk IV (A13 Mk II) was a British cruiser tank of the Second World War. It followed directly on from the Tank, Cruiser, Mk III (A13 Mk I)...
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    The Tank, Cruiser, Mk II (A10), was a cruiser tank developed alongside the A9 cruiser tank, and was intended to be a heavier, infantry tank version of...
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    cruiser tanks (for example the Cruiser Mk I) carried less armour and were correspondingly faster, whilst "heavy" cruiser tanks (such as the Cruiser Mk...
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    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 early...
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    gave the British a powerful, reliable engine, which was used in the A27M Cruiser Mk VIII Cromwell tank. Robotham's contributions gained him a place in the...
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    The Tank, Cruiser, Mk I (A9) was a British cruiser tank of the interwar period. It was the first cruiser tank: a fast tank designed to bypass the main...
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    The Cruiser tank Mk V or A13 Mk III Covenanter was a British cruiser tank of the Second World War. The Covenanter was the first cruiser tank design to...
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    notably the Soviet BT tanks and T-34, the British Cruiser tanks, including the A13s: Cruiser Mk III, Cruiser Mk IV, Covenanter, Crusader, Cromwell and the Comet...
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  • vehicles: A13 Mark I produced the Cruiser Mk III based on the original specification; A13 Mark II produced the Cruiser Mk IV a revision based on up-armouring...
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    suspension of the Light Tank Mk II, and that of the Light Dragon Mark IIA used the components from the Light Tank Mk IIA. The Mark III light tank suspension...
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  • Universal No. 3 Mk. I, II & III Carrier A.O.P No. 1 Mk. III Carrier A.O.P No. 2 Mk. III Carrier A.O.P No. 2A Mk. III Carrier A.O.P No. 3 Mk. III Armoured car...
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    still lacked a formal tank division. The Cruiser Mk IV (A13 Mk II) was a more heavily armoured version of the Mk III and was used in some of the early campaigns...
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  • Cruiser, Mk.I (A9) Tank, Cruiser, Mk.II (A10) Tank, Cruiser, Mk.III (A13) Tank, Cruiser, Mk.IV (A13 Mk.II) Tank, Cruiser, Mk.V, Covenanter (A13 Mk.III)...
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    until 1934. The tank was phased out of service from 1939, replaced by the Cruiser Mk I. It featured several improvements over the Vickers Mark I: a higher...
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    advocate for use of Christie suspension on British cruiser tanks, which they incorporated from the Cruiser Mk III onwards. The pointed shape of the hull front...
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  • Comet Conqueror Contentious Conway Covenanter Cromwell Crusader Light Tank Mk VI Matilda I Matilda II Medium Tank A/T 1 - an amphibious tank prototype TOG...
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  • Cruiser, Mk.I (A9) (125) Tank, Cruiser, Mk. II (A10) (205) Tank, Cruiser, Mk. III (A13) (65) Tank, Cruiser, Mk. IV (A13 Mk.II) (655) Tank, Cruiser, Mk...
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  • Japan and Ireland. Cruiser Mk I - General Staff Specification A9 Cruiser Mk II Cruiser Mk III Matilda I Matilda II Light Tank Mk I-Mk V Light Tank Mark...
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  • Martin visited the British military. They were impressed by the British Cruiser Mk III and decided to make an improved cavalry tank based on it which would...
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  • Kingdom) Cruiser Mk I (A9) (125; United Kingdom) Cruiser Mk II (A10) (175; United Kingdom) Cruiser Mk III (A13) (65; United Kingdom) Cruiser Mk IV (A13 Mk.II)...
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  • specification covering three British cruiser tanks designed and built before and during the Second World War Cruiser Mk III Cruiser Mk IV Covenanter tank A13, one...
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    Tankettes were also used by Chile, the Republic of China, Manchukuo (20 Mk. VI), Finland (Mk. IVs and Model 33s), Portugal (6) and Ethiopia (3). The design of...
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    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...
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    tanks, the German Neubaufahrzeug tanks, and the British Medium Mk III and Cruiser Mk I (triple turret) tank designs. The Soviet T-35 tank was heavily...
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    Ram tank (redirect from Ram Mk I)
    Bovington Camp. Tank Cruiser, Ram Mk I Ordnance QF 2 pounder / 40mm gun (171 rounds). Tank Cruiser, Ram Mk II Early production: Mk III QF 6 pounder (57 mm)...
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    "breakthrough tanks", "fast tanks", and "assault tanks". The British maintained cruiser tanks that in order to achieve high speed and hence manoeuvrability in...
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    Ticonderoga-class cruisers were instead to be replaced by Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. All five of the twin-arm (Mk-26) cruisers have been decommissioned...
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    purchase of the British Vickers Carden Loyd tankette, Vickers E-Light and Cruiser Mk II Medium tanks, and of the American Christie suspension for production...
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    Vickers 6-ton (redirect from Vickers Mk E)
    and apparently derived from a similar but simpler suspension on Light Tank Mk I which he patented a year earlier. Upward movement of either set of bogies...
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