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- General Staff numbers
- Alphabetical lists
- See also
- References
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}{{Use British English|date=January 2017}}These are lists of UK tanks to enable cross-referencing between the design names and the service names. General Staff numbersThis 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] | 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 | A5 | Vickers Carden-Loyd 3-man light tanks. See Light Tank Mk V and Light Tank Mk VI | A6 | A6 Medium Tank, "16 Tonners"*, 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 | (cancelled)* | A21 | (cancelled)* | A22 A22D A22F | Tank, Infantry, Mk IV, Churchill Gun Carrier, 3in, Mk I, Churchill Tank, Infantry, Mk IV, Churchill VII | A23 | (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 cruiser tank)* | A30 | Tank, Cruiser, Mk.VIII, Challenger, SP 17pdr, A30 (Avenger) | A31 | (cancelled, was to be a Cromwell with heavier armour)* | A32 | (cancelled, was to be a Cromwell with heavier armour similar to Churchill)* | A33 | Tank, Heavy Assault, Excelsior* | A34 | Tank, Cruiser, Comet I | A35 | (cancelled)* | A36 | (cancelled)* | A37 | (cancelled)* | A38 | Tank, Infantry, Valiant* | A39 | Tank, Heavy Assault, Tortoise* | 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)* | A45 | A45 Infantry Support Tank later becoming the FV201 universal tank* | Project numbering moves to the FV series from A45 onwards. |
Alphabetical listsIncludes 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
- British armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II
- Light tanks of the United Kingdom
{{Commonscat|position=left|Tanks of the United Kingdom}}References1. ^http://arcaneafvs.com/alist.html 2. ^http://arcaneafvs.com/alist.html 3. ^http://arcaneafvs.com/alist.html 4. ^http://www.wwiivehicles.com/unitedkingdom/tanks-medium/a7.asp 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-05-18 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525041629/http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/ |archivedate=25 May 2012 |df=dmy-all }} 6. ^A15 had been used previously to refer to a 1937 specification for a heavy cruiser (Fletcher p630 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-05-18 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525041629/http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/ |archivedate=25 May 2012 |df=dmy-all }}
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