List of tanks of the United Kingdom
These are lists of UK tanks to enable cross-referencing between the design names and the service names.
General Staff numbers
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
General Staff Number | Service Name |
---|---|
A1 | A1E1 Vickers 'Independent"[1] |
A2 | A2E1 and A2E2: Medium Tank Vickers Mk I and Medium Tank Vickers Mk I (CS version)[2] |
A3 | 3-man tank (Royal Ordnance Factory); Carrier MG Mk I[3] |
A4 | * |
A5 | * |
A6 | A6 Medium Tank, "16 Tonners"*, Medium Tank Mk III |
A7 | A7 Medium Tank, 3 development tanks built, did not enter service[4] |
A8 | * |
A9 | Tank, Cruiser, Mk I |
A10 | Tank, Cruiser, Mk II |
A11 | Tank, Infantry, Mk I, Matilda I |
A12 | Tank, Infantry, Mk II, Matilda II |
A13 A13 Mk.II A13 Mk.III |
Tank, Cruiser, Mk III Tank, Cruiser, Mk IV Tank, Cruiser, Mk V, Covenanter |
A14 | A14E1 'heavy' Cruiser, prototype built, did not enter service[5] |
A15 | Tank, Cruiser Mk VI, Crusader[6] |
A16 | A16E1 'heavy' Cruiser, prototype built, did not enter service[7] |
A17 | Tank, Light, Mk VII, Tetrarch |
A18 | * |
A19 | * |
A20 | * |
A21 | * |
A22 A22D A22F |
Tank, Infantry, Mk IV, Churchill Gun Carrier, 3in, Mk I, Churchill Tank, Infantry, Mk IV, Churchill VII |
A23 | * |
A24 | Tank, Cruiser, Mk VII, Cavalier* |
A25 | Tank, Light, Mk VIII, Harry Hopkins* |
A26 | intended faster and lighter A22* |
A27L | Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Centaur |
A27M | Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Cromwell |
A28 | Cromwell with heavier armour* |
A29 | 17 pdr armed cruiser tank* |
A30 | Tank, Cruiser, Mk.VIII, Challenger, SP 17pdr, A30 (Avenger) |
A31 | Cromwell with heavier armour* |
A32 | Cromwell with heavier armour (equivalent to Churchill)* |
A33 | Tank, Heavy Assault, Excelsior* |
A34 | Tank, Cruiser, Comet I |
A35 | * |
A36 | * |
A37 | * |
A38 | Tank, Infantry, Valiant* |
A39 | Tank, Heavy Assault, Tortoise* |
A40 | heavier A30* |
A41 | Tank, Cruiser, Centurion I |
A42 | Tank, Infantry, Mk IV, Churchill VII (A22F redesignated 1945) |
A43 | Tank, Infantry, Black Prince* |
A44 | * |
A45 | FV201 universal tank* |
*Did not enter service
Alphabetical lists
Includes the C names
- Caernarvon
- Centurion
- Challenger
- Challenger 1
- Challenger 2
- Charioteer
- Chieftain
- Churchill
- Comet
- Conqueror
- Conway
- Covenanter
- Cromwell
- Crusader
- Light Tank Mk VI
- Matilda I
- Matilda II
- Medium Tank A/T 1 - an amphibious tank prototype
- TOG 1
- TOG 2
- Valentine
See also
- List of FV series military vehicles - Covers post-1945 UK tanks with other vehicles
- Light tanks of the United Kingdom
References
- ↑ http://arcaneafvs.com/alist.html
- ↑ http://arcaneafvs.com/alist.html
- ↑ http://arcaneafvs.com/alist.html
- ↑ http://www.wwiivehicles.com/unitedkingdom/tanks-medium/a7.asp
- ↑ http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks
- ↑ A15 had been used previously to refer to a 1937 specification for a heavy cruiser (Fletcher p630
- ↑ http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks
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