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.

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General Staff numbers

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
A1 *
A2 *
A3 *
A4 *
A5 *
A6 A6 Medium Tank, "16 Tonners"*
A7 A7 Medium Tank, 3 development tanks built, did not enter service[1]
A8 *
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 *
A15 Tank, Cruiser Mk VI, Crusader[2]
A16 *
A17 Tank, Light, Mk VII, Tetrarch
A18 *
A19 *
A20 *
A21 *
A22
A22D
A22F		 Tank, Infantry, Mk IV, Churchill
Gun Carrier, 3in, Mk I, Churchill
Tank, Infantry, Mk IV, Churchill VII
A23 *
A24 Tank, Cruiser, Mk VII, Cavalier*
A25 Tank, Light, Mk VIII, Harry Hopkins*
A26 intended faster and lighter A22*
A27L Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Centaur
A27M Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Cromwell
A28 Cromwell with heavier armour*
A29 17 pdr armed cruiser tank*
A30 Tank, Cruiser, Mk.VIII, Challenger,
SP 17pdr, A30 (Avenger)
A31 Cromwell with heavier armour*
A32 Cromwell with heavier armour (equivalent to Churchill)*
A33 Tank, Heavy Assault, Excelsior*
A34 Tank, Cruiser, Comet I
A35 *
A36 *
A37 *
A38 Tank, Infantry, Valiant*
A39 Tank, Heavy Assault, Tortoise*
A40 heavier A30*
A41 Tank, Cruiser, Centurion I
A42 Tank, Infantry, Mk IV, Churchill VII (A22F redesignated 1945)
A43 Tank, Infantry, Black Prince*
A44 *
A45 FV201 universal tank*

*Did not enter service

Alphabetical lists

Includes the C names

See also

List of FV series military vehicles - Covers post-1945 UK tanks with other vehicles

References

  1. ^ http://www.wwiivehicles.com/unitedkingdom/tanks-medium/a7.asp
  2. ^ A15 had been used previously to refer to a 1937 specification for a heavy cruiser (Fletcher p630