Cruiser Mk VIII Challenger
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The Tank, Cruiser, Challenger was a British tank of World War II. It mounted the QF 17-pounder anti-tank gun on a chassis derived from the Cromwell tank to add anti-tank firepower to the cruiser tank
Cruiser tank Challenger (A30)
Cruiser tank Challenger (A30)
A Challenger tank crosses a Bailey bridge over the Dommel river in Sint-Michielsgestel, the Netherlands. 27 October 1944.
A30 Challenger, Overloon War Museum
Comet (tank)
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The Comet tank or Tank, Cruiser, Comet I was a British cruiser tank that first saw use near the end of the Second World War, during the Western Allied invasion of Germany. The Comet was developed from
Cruiser Mk VIII Challenger
…for this gun. The Challenger would be the only British cruiser tank to mount a weapon that could tackle heavier German armour until the arrival of the A34 Comet. So in February 1943 an order was made of two hundred vehicles; the Army General Staff took five months to approve the Challenger design for production…
A Comet tank at Tankfest 2023 at The Tank Museum.
A Comet's crew loading ammunition into their tank.
Leyland Comet Mk I Model B in Joensuu, Finland in 1982
Comet tanks of the 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 11th Armoured Division, crossing the Weser at Petershagen, Germany, 7 April 1945