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This is a list of UK tanks up to the end of the Second World War that received designations starting with the letter "A" - these would be designs requested by the General Staff to meet specifications issued, as opposed to private venture designs submitted by manufacturers to the General Staff
Centaur Bulldozer. Centaur tank. Centurion (tank) Churchill AVRE Bobbin. Churchill Crocodile. Churchill Double Onion. Churchill Mk IV. Churchill Mk VII. Churchill NA75.
Matilda tanks at Tobruk. Tanks first appeared on the battlefield as a solution to trench warfare. They were large, heavy, slow moving vehicles capable of driving right over the top of enemy trenches; thereby eliminating the need to send soldiers "over the top" only to be blasted to pieces by enemies. The British Army was the first to use them ...
Black Prince - Churchill development to carry 17-pounder. Excelsior - heavily armoured assault tank. Tortoise heavy assault tank - a very heavy armoured tank for use in breaching fixed defences in Europe. Valiant - a heavily armoured but small assault tank intended for use in the war in the Far East.
Renault FT (most of delivered 36 tanks, 3 tanks captured by Japanese in 1931) M4 Sherman (35 tanks, only used in India-Burma Theater by Chinese Expedition Army) M3 Stuart (M3A3, M5A1) (50 tanks, only used in India-Burma Theater by Chinese Expedition Army) M24 Chaffee – 233. M18 Hellcat.
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 chassis with all-around tracks with multiple bogies, its ability to climb steep slopes, and its use as the basis of many specialist vehicles. It was one of the heaviest Allied tanks of the war.
The M4 Medium became the second-most-produced tank of World War II, and was the only tank to be used by virtually all Allied forces (thanks to the American lend-lease program); approximately 40,000 M4 Mediums were produced during the war. [30] M4s formed the main tank of American, British, Canadian, French, Polish, and Chinese units.
The Infantry Tank Mark II, better known as the Matilda, is a British infantry tank of the Second World War. [1] The design began as the A12 specification in 1936, as a gun-armed counterpart to the first British infantry tank, the machine gun armed, two-man A11 Infantry Tank Mark I. The Mark I was also known as Matilda, and the larger A12 was ...