| Name |
Description |
#books |
| Cruiser Tank |
A British tank concept of the inter-war period which was paired with the 'infantry tank', a much slower and better armoured tank intended to work with the infantry in punching holes through enemy lines for the faster cruisers to exploit. It was also called a cavalry tank or fast tank. | 2 |
| Crusader Tank |
One of the primary British cruiser tanks of the early part of WW2 particularly in the North African Campaign. It was faster than many tanks it opposed but its potential was limited by a relatively light gun, thin armour and mechanical problems and was thus replaced in the main line of battle by M3 Grant and Sherman medium tanks. | 1 |
| Fiat-Ansaldo M13/40 Tank |
An Italian WW2 tank designed to replace the Fiat L3, the Fiat L6/40 and the Fiat M11/39 in the Italian Army at the start of WW2. It was the main tank the Italians used throughout the war with the prefix 'M' referring to Medio (medium) according to the Italian tank weight standards (13 tonnes). | 1 |
| Infantry tank |
A tank designed to support foot soldiers in an attack. They were generally heavily armoured to allow them to operate in close concert with infantry under heavy fire. | 2 |
| Light Tank Mk VII Tetrarch |
A British light tank produced by Vickers-Armstrongs in the late 1930s and used during WW2. It improved on the Mk VIc, by introducing a 2-pounder gun. They were attached to the 1st Airborne Division after it was decided that the design allowed its use as an air-portable light tank to support British airborne forces. | 1 |
| Light tank |
A tank designed for rapid movement, and expected to exploit breakthroughs in enemy lines created by slower, heavier tanks. | 4 |
| M4 Sherman Tank |
The USA's most widely used medium tank used in WW2. It proved to be reliable, relatively cheap to produce, and available in great numbers. It was also the basis of several other armored fighting vehicles including self-propelled artillery, tank destroyers, and armored recovery vehicles. | 1 |
| Panther Tank |
A German medium tank of WW2 used on the Eastern and Western Fronts from mid-1943 to the end of the war in May 1945. It was intended to counter the Soviet T-34 medium tank and to replace the Panzer III and Panzer IV. | 1 |
| Panzer III Tank |
The common name of a German medium tank that was developed in the 1930s and was used extensively in WWII. It was intended to fight other armoured fighting vehicles and serve alongside the infantry Panzer IV, but its vulnerability to the Russian T34 led to it being supplanted by the Panzer IV. | 1 |
| Panzer IV Tank |
A German medium tank developed in the late 1930s and used extensively during WW2. It was the most numerous German tank and it's chassis was also used as the base for many other fighting vehicles. It was partially succeeded by the Panther medium tank, introduced to counter the Soviet T-34. | 1 |
| Panzer |
A German language word that means armour. It is also used by the Germans as abbreviation meaning 'armored fighting vehicle' or tank. The full German word for 'armoured combat vehicle' is Panzerkampfwagen. | 5 |
| Tank |
A large type of armoured fighting vehicle with tracks, designed for front-line combat. Modern tanks are strong mobile land weapons platforms, mounting a large-calibre cannon in a rotating gun turret. | 12 |
| Tiger Tank |
A German heavy tank of WW2 that operated beginning in 1942 with the Tiger I tank that mounted an 8.8 cm gun. 1,347 were built by August 1944 after which production switched to the Tiger II, a successor combining the latter's thick armour with the armour sloping used on the Panther medium tank. | 1 |
