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.
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
More information General Staff Number, Service name ...
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. |
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*Did not enter service
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
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- "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.