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 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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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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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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Crusader tank (redirect from Cruiser Mk VI Crusader)
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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Covenanter tank (redirect from Cruiser Mk V Covenanter)
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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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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British armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II (section Tank, Cruiser, Mk IV, (A13 Mk II))
delivery in late 1945. At the start of the war, the Cruiser Mk IV was the current model of Cruiser tank based on a second version of the A13 specification...
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Churchill tank (redirect from Infantry tank Mk IV Churchill)
The Tank, Infantry, Mk IV (A22) Churchill was a British infantry tank used in the Second World War, best known for its heavy armour, large longitudinal...
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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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Cromwell tank (redirect from Cruiser Mk VIII Cromwell)
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...
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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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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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Valentine tank (redirect from Infantry tank Mk III Valentine)
Vickers' experience with the A9 and A10 specification cruiser tanks and the A11 (Infantry Tank Mk I). As a private design by Vickers-Armstrongs, it did...
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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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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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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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Matilda II (redirect from Mk.II Matilda)
and less costly Infantry Tank Mk III Valentine beginning in late 1941. The split between the infantry tank and cruisers had its origins in the First World...
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British Mk I*. They armed auxiliary cruisers, dreadnought battleships, ironclads, predreadnought battleships, protected cruisers and torpedo cruisers of the...
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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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good any losses. A second British tank equipped with the 17-pdr gun, the Cruiser Mk VIII Challenger, could not participate in the initial landings having...
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rapid evolution of the Cruiser tank such as the Mk IV (A13 Mk II) a British cruiser tank derived from the original A13. The A13 Cruiser was developed into...
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Infantry Tank Mk I, was the first Infantry tank (I tank) and the first practical expression of the decision to split design into I tanks and cruiser tanks, with...
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as follows : 12 BLC guns Mk I/IV became 8-inch howitzer Mk I 6 BL Mk IV and VI guns became 8-inch Howitzer Mk II 6 BL MK IV and VI guns, but adapted for...
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many British interwar and World War II submarines. Mk IV armed many British destroyers and some cruisers in World War I. It was used to arm merchant ships...
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separate because infantry tanks generally had less firepower, with their cruiser tanks (comparable to mediums) at the time having the same main armament...
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Mark IV tank the most produced British tank of World War I. Vickers Medium Tank main type of British tank during the Interwar period. Cruiser Mk IV main...
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closet; in other words, a toilet. However, later in the War, a number of Mk IV Tanks were fitted with grapnels to remove barbed wire. They were designated...
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stopped using the term Medium for their tanks as the new philosophy of 'Cruiser tank' and 'Infantry tank' which defined tanks by role rather than size...
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Bristol Blenheim (redirect from Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV)
service the Type 142M became the Blenheim Mk.I which would be developed into the long-nosed Type 149, the Blenheim Mk.IV, except in Canada where Fairchild Canada...
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