Cruiser Tank

The cruiser tank was a British tank concept of the interwar period for tanks designed as modernised armoured and mechanised cavalry, as distinguished from infantry tanks. Cruiser tanks were developed after medium tank designs of the 1930s failed to satisfy the Royal Armoured Corps. The cruiser tank concept was conceived by Giffard Le Quesne Martel, who preferred many small light tanks to swarm an opponent, instead of a few expensive and unsatisfactory medium tanks. "Light" cruiser tanks carried less armour and were correspondingly faster, whilst "heavy" cruiser tanks had more armour and were slightly slower.

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British cavalry tank; Fast Tank
cavalry tank, British Army, United Kingdom, 

10TP, A-13, Cavalier tank, cavalry tank, Centaur, Comet, Covenanter tank, Cromwell tank, Cruiser Mk I, Cruiser Mk II, Cruiser Mk III, Cruiser Mk IV, Cruiser Mk VIII Challenger, Crusader, LR, Mark III, 

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  A-13 ⓘ
  tank specification by the British General Staff Directorate of Tank Design

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  Crusader ⓘ
  1941 cruiser tank

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  Centaur ⓘ
  1942 cruiser tank family

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  10TP ⓘ
  medium tank from Poland

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  Cruiser Mk I ⓘ
  type of cruiser tank

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  Cruiser Mk III ⓘ
  British cruiser tank of the Second World War

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  Covenanter tank ⓘ
  type of cruiser tank

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  Cruiser Mk II ⓘ
  type of cruiser tank

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  Cruiser Mk IV ⓘ
  type of cruiser tank

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  Cavalier tank ⓘ
  type of cruiser tank

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  Comet ⓘ
  medium (cruiser) tank

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  Cromwell tank ⓘ
  British WWII cruiser tank

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  Cruiser Mk VIII Challenger ⓘ
  1942 cruiser tank series

Frameless

Cruiser Mk VIII Centaur

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	military equipment		A-13	cruiser tank	Wikidata
class	military equipment	1941	Crusader	cruiser tank	Wikidata
class	weapon		Centaur	cruiser tank	Wikidata
class	weapon	1938	10TP	medium tank, cruiser tank	Wikidata
class	weapon	1938	Cruiser Mk I	cruiser tank	Wikidata
class	weapon	1938	Cruiser Mk III	cruiser tank	Wikidata
class	weapon	1940	Covenanter tank	cruiser tank	Wikidata
class	weapon	1940	Cruiser Mk II	cruiser tank	Wikidata
class	weapon	1940	Cruiser Mk IV	cruiser tank	Wikidata
class	weapon	1942	Cavalier tank	cruiser tank	Wikidata
class	weapon	1944	Comet	cruiser tank, medium tank	Wikidata
class	weapon	1944	Cromwell tank	cruiser tank	Wikidata
class	weapon	1944	Cruiser Mk VIII Challenger	cruiser tank	Wikidata
commons	image		Cruiser Mk VIII Centaur		Commons