British and American Tanks continued. Tetrarch Mark 7
Speed: 64kph
Weight:7,600 kilos
Crew: 3 Took part in Normandy in 1944 Cromwell Mark VII
Speed: 48kph
Weight: 36,000 kilos
Crew:5 Later versions were adapted to carry heavier weaponry. A34 Comet
Speed; 51kph
Weight 36,000 kilos
Crew: 5 Used in the Western Desert beside the Crusader's and Matilda's Sherman 4
Speed: 42 kph
Weight:31,000 kilos
Crew: 5 In Sep.42 the 8th Army recieved 300 Sherman tanks. This greatly increased the Armour capabilities.
On 1st Nov. Operation'Supercharge' was put into action.Tanks break through the German Axis lines and El Alamein is taken.
Rommel retreated to central Libya. Victory at El Alamein: Gen. Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma,Commander of the famed Afrika Korps,surrenders to Montgomery at the 8th Army Tac. HQ 4th November 1942 Sherman King Cobra
Speed: 35kph
Weight:38,000 kilos The Cobra was produced specifically for the D-Day landings Chaffee M24
Speed:54 kph
Weight: 18,000 kilos
Crew: 5 Entered service 1944 also for the D-Day Landings Pershing M 26 I
Speed : 30 mph
Weight: 42,000 kilos
Crew: 5 |
