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    The Cromwell tank, officially Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Cromwell (A27M), was one of the series of cruiser tanks fielded by Britain in the Second World War...
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    Allied invasion of Germany. The Comet was developed from the earlier Cromwell tank and mounted the new 17 pdr High Velocity (HV) (3 inch; 76.2 mm – sometimes...
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    Corps continuing to use the Cromwell tank during the early phases of the Cold War. The vehicle itself was a modified Cromwell with a more powerful gun installed...
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    Tank, Cruiser, Challenger (A30) was a British tank of World War II. It mounted the QF 17-pounder anti-tank gun on a chassis derived from the Cromwell...
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    The Tank, Heavy Assault, A33 (Excelsior) was a British experimental heavy tank based on the Cromwell (A27) design developed in the Second World War. It...
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  • development of the Cromwell tank. In mid-1940, the British were considering which tank should follow on from the new cruiser tanks then being developed...
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    by the A27 Cromwell in 1944. The A34 Comet, a better-armed development of Cromwell, began to enter service in late 1944. The Centurion tank of 1946 became...
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    Rolls-Royce Meteor (category Tank engines)
    development in connection with the Cromwell tank. A new tank specification, A27M, was produced for design of the Meteor-powered tank. The Meteor engine went on...
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    held by the Rex and Rod Cadman Collection. Excelsior tank - infantry tank design based on Cromwell tank The Centurion had thinner, 101-millimetre (4.0 in)...
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    1952 that a Cromwell tank in 1945 had cost £10,000. This figure was a 1941 estimate of the basic price of a Cromwell tank, a type of tank that went into...
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