Britain was the first country to use tanks in warfare, and the World War I Mark I tank caused great panic among German soldiers. But the development of British tanks before World War II was not ideal. The Royal Army's attitude toward tanks even continued the world war-era perception of tank use. German and Soviet tank units, on the other hand, had begun to use tanks for armored group warfare, but the British Army still made supporting infantry the main task of tanks. Therefore, the British tanks are roughly divided into two types, one is an infantry tank with thick armor to provide protection for infantry, and the other is a cruise tank with strong firepower that can provide fire support for its own army in the rear.
During the Second World War, British tanks still improved, such as the Cromwell Cruiser, which is a relatively good tank launched by the Royal Army, and it is also the last cruiser tank in the world. Prior to this, the Royal Army designed a cruiser tank called "Cavalry", but because the war situation was too tense, the British Army issued an order when it did not see the prototype, and the mission objective proposed by the Royal Army to the manufacturer at that time was very vague, requiring the tonnage of the tank to be below 24 tons, the thickness of the main armor was more than 65 mm, and the caliber of the main gun was not less than 57 mm.
But there was no definite opportunity for the arsenal, and the weight of the prototype of the "Cavalry" cruiser increased to 27 tons. The Royal Army thought the tank was not bad, so it placed an order for 500 tanks, and the final number of Cavalry cruisers was 500. These "cavalry" tanks are relatively heavy, so they are prone to mechanical failure. On the basis of this tank, the Royal Army proposed a research plan for a new generation of cruisers, which became the Cromwell tank.
Cromwell was finally put into production in three different variants, the A24, A27L and A27M, the A27 was the original prototype of the Cromwell tank, it used a new engine, the total tonnage was increased to 28 tons, and the main weapon was a 57 mm gun. However, its engine was changed to a 441 kW hp V-12 engine, which gave the Cromwell tank a strong power, and the maximum driving speed could even reach 64 km/h.
The total production of the Cromwell cruiser tank was about 4,000, and it was unanimously praised by allied soldiers in the North African battlefield and the early French campaign of the war, but its firepower was seriously insufficient in the later stages of the war, so it could only maneuver with heavy tanks such as Tiger tanks and Leopard tanks, often patrolling the rear of the war, and rarely confronting German tanks head-on on the battlefield. Shortly after the end of World War II, the Cromwell tank was officially retired, and the cruiser tank was launched on the historical stage.
After more than a hundred years of discovery, from the initial rudimentary diamond-shaped Marco I tank, to the Tiger and Leopard Double Male in The World War II period, and then to the hundred schools of contention of the main battle tanks of the current countries, this is enough to prove that the role of tanks in the war is not only not reduced, but more and more important. If you want to know more about the past and present lives of tanks, "World of Tanks" is definitely not to be missed. Here you will see a lot of well-known tanks in history, of course, there are also many small tanks with inconspicuous but amazing power, and this place will definitely let you experience the most realistic tank scene.
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