List of tanks of the United Kingdom
Appearance
These are lists of UK tanks to enable cross-referencing between the design names and the service names.
General Staff numbers
[edit]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 |
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A1 | A1E1 Vickers 'Independent",[1] one built but not taken into service |
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 | Vickers Carden-Loyd light tanks. See Light Tank Mk IV, A4E11 and A4E12 referred to the Vickers-Carden-Loyd Light Amphibious Tank |
A5 | Vickers Carden-Loyd 3-man light tanks. See Light Tank Mk V and Light Tank Mk VI |
A6 | A6 Medium Tank, "16 Tonners"*, led to production of the Medium Tank Mk III |
A7 | A7 Medium Tank, 3 development tanks built, did not enter service[4] |
A8 | A8 Experimental Medium Tank, Project cancelled* |
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 | (cancelled)* |
A19 | (cancelled)* |
A20 | A20 Infantry Tank, prototype built, did not enter service |
A21 | (cancelled)* |
A22 A22D A22F |
Tank, Infantry, Mk IV, Churchill Gun Carrier, 3in, Mk I, Churchill Tank, Infantry, Mk IV, Churchill VII |
A23 | Proposed "Heavy cruiser" based on shortened Churchill tank hull design with reduced armour. Cancelled)* |
A24 | Tank, Cruiser, Mk VII, Cavalier* |
A25 | Tank, Light, Mk VIII, Harry Hopkins* |
A26 | cancelled* |
A27L | Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Centaur |
A27M | Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Cromwell |
A28 | cancelled, was to be an Infantry tank variant of Cromwell* |
A29 | cancelled, was to be a 17-pdr armed assault tank named Clan* |
A30 | Tank, Cruiser, Mk.VIII, Challenger, 17-pdr armed SP 17pdr, A30 (Avenger) |
A31 | cancelled, was to be a Cromwell with heavier armour* proposed by Rolls Royce |
A32 | cancelled, was to be a Cromwell with heavier armour similar to Churchill* |
A33 | Tank, Heavy Assault, 'Excelsior'*, two built. A27 hull with US M6 heavy tank suspension by English Electric |
A34 | Tank, Cruiser, Comet I |
A35 | (cancelled alternative to A34, lengthened hull and enlarged turret ring to accommodate a 17-pdr)* |
A36 | (cancelled)* |
A37 | (cancelled)* |
A38 | Tank, Infantry, Valiant* single example built |
A39 | Tank, Heavy Assault, Tortoise*, six prototypes built |
A40 | (cancelled, was to be a heavier A30)* |
A41 | Tank, Cruiser, Centurion I |
A42 | Tank, Infantry, Mk IV, Churchill VII (A22F redesignated 1945) |
A43 | Tank, Infantry, Black Prince* |
A44 | (cancelled, similar to A35 with thicker armour)* |
A45 | A45 Infantry Support Tank later becoming the FV201 universal tank* |
A46 | Light Tank |
Project numbering moves to the FV series from A45/A46 onwards. A46 may have been the last of the British tanks to get the A series designation. |
*Did not enter service
Alphabetical lists
[edit]Includes the C names
- Caernarvon
- Centurion
- Challenger
- Challenger 1
- Challenger 2
- Challenger 3
- Charioteer
- Chieftain
- Churchill
- Comet
- Conqueror
- Contentious
- 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
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tanks of the United Kingdom.
- List of FV series military vehicles - Covers post-1945 UK tanks with other vehicles
- British armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II
- Light tanks of the United Kingdom
References
[edit]- ^ "A Number List".
- ^ "A Number List".
- ^ "A Number List".
- ^ http://www.wwiivehicles.com/unitedkingdom/tanks-medium/a7.asp
- ^ "TANKS!". Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ A15 had been used previously to refer to a 1937 specification for a heavy cruiser (Fletcher p630
- ^ "TANKS!". Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.