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Nuffield, however, preferred to work on its own version of the A13—though it still provided design work for the Covenanter's turret. This new tank was adopted as "Tank, Cruiser, Mk VI Crusader", under General Staff specification A15. Although Crusader is often referred to as an improved version of the Covenanter, in fact it was a parallel design.
A13 Covenanter Cruiser Tank Mark V medium tank (United Kingdom; pre–World War II) A15 Crusader Cruiser Tank Mark VI medium tank (United Kingdom; World War II) A22 Churchill Infantry Tank Mark IV medium tank (United Kingdom; World War II) A24 Cavalier Cruiser Tank Mark VII medium tank (United Kingdom; World War II)
The British cruiser tank series started in 1938 with the A9 and A10 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 The Crusader was superseded by the A27 Cromwell in 1944.
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 fitted with an Ordnance QF 6 pounder (57mm) main gun. It used the same main turret as the A13 Mk III Covenanter designs, and over 5,000 tanks were manufactured.
The Cruiser Mark VI Crusader was the main British mid war cruiser tank. In late 1942 they were supplanted by American tanks such as the M3 Lee and M4 Sherman. Tank, 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) – training use only
The Mark V design still looked a lot like the Mark I. It had many changes in detail however, including smaller sponsons with cylindrical machine gun mounts, a lengthened hull, a larger cabin and a machine gun position at the back. [3] This design was ultimately abandoned due to enormous delays in the development of the Mark IV.
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