The Comet tank or Tank, Cruiser, Comet I (A34) was a British cruiser tank that first saw use near the end of the Second World War, during the Western...
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development of the Cromwell combined with a high-velocity gun led to the Comet tank. The name "Cromwell" was initially applied to three vehicles during development...
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Churchill, the Comet showed the way British tank development was going. This led to the last of the cruiser line and the first of the Universal tanks (now more...
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The A34 Comet, a better-armed development of Cromwell, began to enter service in late 1944. The Centurion tank of 1946 became the "Universal tank" of the...
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limiting the tank's role to an anti-tank vehicle. As spare parts became scarce less mobile tanks were cannibalised to keep one Comet running, and by...
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A tank destroyer, tank hunter or tank killer is a type of armoured fighting vehicle, predominantly intended for anti-tank duties. They are typically armed...
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Havilland DH.106 Comet is the world's first commercial jet airliner. Developed and manufactured by de Havilland in the United Kingdom, the Comet 1 prototype...
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Pansarvärnspjäs 1110 (category Anti-tank weapons)
chassis of an A34 Comet Tank in place of the turret after the tank had been damaged by a fire in 1962 which destroyed the turret. The Comet tank with the Pvpj...
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Look up Comet or comet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A comet is a small astronomical body which orbits the sun. Comet or The Comet may also refer...
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Cruiser Mk VIII Challenger (redirect from Challenger tank (WWII))
earliest marks of the Comet's successor, the Centurion tank. The turret mounted the Ordnance QF 17-pounder gun required in the Tank Board specification...
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Tiger I (redirect from Sdkfz tiger tank)
I was destroyed by a Comet tank of A Squadron of the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment on the next day without infantry support. The tank's weight significantly...
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pelvic fin. The comet is more active than most other goldfish breeds. It is not unusual to see a comet dashing back and forth in its tank, racing around...
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the pioneering period of Attic black-figure vase painting A-34 Comet (tank), a British tank used in World War II An Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings code...
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Ordnance QF 17-pounder (category Tank guns of the United Kingdom)
better manner than the ungainly Challenger resulted in the Comet tank. However the Comet could still not take the 17pdr. The 75mm High Velocity Gun project...
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in the World War II Cromwell tank and Comet tank, and later in the Centurion tank and Conqueror tank. The Challenger 2 tank was powered by the Perkins CV12-6A...
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sent 10 tanks, 12 armored cars along with an armored train and air support. Just before the revolution, Great Britain had sent 15 A34 Comet tanks which...
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collection of The Tank Museum in Bovington, UK. A38 Valiant – a heavily armoured lightweight assault tank Comet – a fast cruiser tank also developed from...
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M24 Chaffee (redirect from M-24 light tank)
alongside the British Comet tanks and the Soviet IS-3 heavy tank, in the Berlin Victory Parade in 1945. Pacific theater The (Light Tank) company, equipped...
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Churchill Comet Conqueror Contentious Conway Covenanter Cromwell Crusader Light Tank Mk VI Matilda I Matilda II Medium Tank A/T 1 - an amphibious tank prototype...
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Night of the Comet is a 1984 American science fiction comedy horror film written and directed by Thom Eberhardt. It stars Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert...
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cannon breech and the loaded ammunition. Panther tank mantlet Tiger I mantlet M4 Sherman mantlet Comet tank mantlet T-70 cast mantlet Leclerc mantlet Leopard...
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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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Churchill Crocodile (redirect from Crocodile tank)
over an obstacle course were conducted using a Crocodile trailer and a Comet tank. But the trailer coupling broke and the work went no further. Mark VII...
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The sculptural group depicts the five-man crew of a World War II–era Comet tank at 1½ times life size. General Sir Antony Walker, who was in charge of...
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heavier anti-tank firepower to cruiser tank reconnaissance units until the Comet became widely available. Beginning about 1942, most British tank units were...
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Tank Overhaul is a Canadian documentary television program broadcast on the Military Channel (now American Heroes Channel) starting in 2007. Episodes are...
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sold to local security contractors; at least one was modified with a Comet tank turret for Rooikat trials. Retired from the South African Armoured Corps...
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List of Korean War weapons (section Tanks)
Royal Tank Regiment, 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars) A27M Cromwell tank cruiser (Royal Tank Regiment, 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars) A34 Comet tank cruiser...
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Eight" and M26 Pershing British Comet and Centurion Mk. 1 Japanese Type 4 Chi-To and Type 5 Chi-Ri Wa Prüf 6 was the tank and motorised equipment department...
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under development to take on the primary anti-tank role. A mixed force of Centurion, Comet and Cromwell tanks was retained in service, but the Cromwell's...
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