WW2 Cruiser Tanks
The British deployed their faster Cruiser Tanks alongside the slower, heavier Infantry Tank - the former charged with exploiting gaps in the enemy's defense.
There are a total of 12 WW2 Cruiser Tanks in the Military Factory. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order. Flag images indicative of country of origin.
1944
The Comet Cruiser tank was Britain's most powerful combat tank system of World War 2. It arrived in the latter phases of the ...
1938
By its given "mark", the Tank, Cruiser, Mk I (A9) was the first in a long series of "cruiser" tanks for the British Army and ...
1940
In 1934, Sir John Carden of the Vickers-Armstrong concern began work on a fast, mobile tank requested by the British War Offi...
1941
The Crusader series of British cruiser tanks was an important contributor to the early war years, particularly in North Afric...
1942
The Centaur series of British combat tanks was a product of Leyland Motors and developed alongside the competing Cromwell ser...
1943
The Challenger Mk VIII Cruiser was a British response to the very real and deadly threat being posed by German armor on the b...
1943
The Cromwell (officially known as Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Cromwell (A27M)) was one of two design proposals submitted to fulfi...
1941
Like most of the Allied nations at the start of World War 2, Canada saw itself with an outdated armor corps made up of mostly...
1942
The Sentinel tank was an indigenous Australian design of World War 2, appearing at a time when Australia lacked the tank-desi...
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