Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Tanker's Tuesday:Cruiser Tank Mark 1, A9, A9E1, C.S.






Designed by Vickers in 1936 and built for the purpose of replacing the 
aging Medium Mark 1 and 2. It was to incorporate the best features of 
the cancelled A6 project. This tank was in active service from 1938 to 
1941. The Close Support (C.S.) version mounted a 3.7" howitzer in 
place of the 2 pounder main gun. The Germans were known to have 
used a few captured Mark 1 C.S. tanks in North Africa as late as 1942.

http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/GreatBritain/BritishCruiserTanks.html 
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3 comments:

  1. Tim GowJanuary 21, 2014 at 5:29 AM

    A splendid looking device. Three turrets seems like a reasonable quantity...

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  2. Don MJanuary 21, 2014 at 9:49 AM

    Yes give the driver his own MG, talk about enabling road rage......)

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  3. Chris KempJanuary 27, 2014 at 5:20 PM

    Three turrets? Typical war office penny pinching! Five is surely the way forward?

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