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	Covenanter tank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Tank, Cruiser, Mk V, Covenanter (A13 Mk III) was a British Cruiser tank of the Second World War named for the Covenanters, a Scottish religious faction in the British Isles at the time of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
		Covenanter was the first cruiser tank design to be given a name.
		By late 1943 the Covenanter was considered too weakly armed and armoured to deal with new German tanks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Covenanter_tank (689 words)

	Covenanter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Covenanters are so named because in a series of bands or covenants they bound themselves to maintain the Protestant Reformation in Scotland.
		The Covenanter force remained in Ireland until the end of the civil wars but was confined to its garrison around Carrickfergus after its defeat by the Irish Catholic Ulster Army at the Battle of Benburb in 1646.
		In early January 1649 the new Covenanter Parliament met in Edinburgh, basking in the glory of the Whiggamore Raid.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Covenanters (9306 words)

	Crusader tank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		One of the primary cruiser tanks of the United Kingdom during World War II, the Tank, Cruiser, Mk VI Crusader (A15) was perhaps the most important British tank of the North African Campaign.
		This new tank was adopted as Tank, Cruiser, Mk VI Crusader, under General Staff specification A15.
		With the German anti-tank guns out of range of the tanks' machine guns and without a high explosive shell to return fire, the tanks were left with the equally unpalatable options of either withdrawing under fire or trying to overrun the gun screen.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crusader_tank (1055 words)

	The cruiser tanks of Great Britain
		This tank was better armored so it could act as an "Infantry Tank" (see the Infantry Tank section) when needed.
		The Covenanter was a low vehicle equipped with a Christie suspension and a purpose built Meadows flathead 12 engine.
		Externally, the tank is nearly identical to the Centaur and the (later) Cromwell.
	mailer.fsu.edu /~akirk/tanks/GreatBritain/BritishCruiserTanks.html (1320 words)

	TOG1 (tank) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Tank, Heavy, TOG 1 was a prototype British heavy tank design produced in the early part of the Second World War in the expectation that battlefields might end up like those of the first world war.
		A single prototype was built but interest faded with the success of the Churchill tank design and the mobile war that was being fought.
		In July 1939 the Special Vehicle Development Committee was drawn up for future tank designs suitable for WW1 conditions under Sir Albert Stern who had been on the original Landships Committee and head of the Tank Supply Depot during World War I.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/TOG1_(tank) (329 words)

	Nase noviny - The Crusader Tank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		After it ceased to serve as a battle tank, numbers of Crusader tanks were rebuilt for auxiliary and special roles, such as mine-clearing, artillery observers, anti-aircraft tanks with 40mm Bofors guns, armoured recovery vehicles, anti-tank gun tractors, and armoured bulldozers, which it performed successfully until the end of the Second World War.
		Early in 1939, after the purchase of an American Christie tank by the Nuffield company and a detailed inquiry into the good and bad points of the unique Christie "fast tank" suspension, a fast cruiser tank was designed, based on the previous A13 tank, known as Covenanter.
		It was named A15 and mounted a turret with a 7.92mm Besa machine gun on the left side of the hull, next to the driver, which distinguished it from the A13.
	www.geocities.com /nasenoviny/CrusaderEN.html (357 words)

	Crusader Tank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Upon returning to Britain and making it's report, a Christie tank was purchased by the Nuffield Organization and work began on development of a fast cruiser tank using the Christie suspension system.
		Extensive redesign was needed, since Christie's tanks were merely demonstration vehicles and never carried heavy armour or armament, but by December 1938 the first production models of the A15 Covenanter tank were leaving the factory.
		Although it ceased to be a battle tank after that, numbers were rebuilt to become specialist vehicles; mine clearing, artillery observers, anti-aircraft tanks (fitted with 40 mm Bofors guns): armoured recovery tanks; anti-tank gun tractors; and armoured bulldozers.
	expage.com /tanksuk2 (313 words)

	Tank : UK_tanks_1 - World War Two
		The light tanks were virtually useless against German ones in the 1940 battle for France and most were either abandoned or destroyed.
		The tank was brought into action on June 6, 1944 and again during the Rhine crossing in March 1945.
		Covenanters were used as training vehicle until the last were retired in 1943.
	www.valourandhorror.com /DB/SPEC/tank/UK_tank_1.php (577 words)

	Britain's Cruiser Mk V Tanks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Was declared obsolete in 1943 and orders were issued that all surviving tanks were to be scrapped.
		When the 1st was transferred to Egypt the tanks were transferred to the 9th Armored Division.
		Probably the only Covenanter lost to enemy action was one that was attached to the Armored Train "H," based in Canterbury.
	www.wwiivehicles.com /unitedkingdom/cruiser/mk_v_covenanter.html (377 words)

	Tanknet > The Worst Tank Ever
		The Covenanter and the Pershing were flawed in execution (though the Pershing concept was excellent as it evolved into the M46, M47, M48, and M60 series).
		WW2 french tanks were, with the exception of turret layout, very good vehicles, and even their disadvantages could have been lessened if they had been properly employed.
		The British did make other tanks with separate machinegun turrets, but I dont really think these can be counted as "land battleships" and in any case, they were only made in small numbers (~3), except the A9 which was really just a cruiser tank with two MG turrets.
	www.tank-net.org /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t14207.html (5215 words)

	Tanks Equipment page
		The main disadvantage of British tanks in the early stages of the war was that 2-pdr had no HE or smoke capability and although it was considered that the machine guns could perform an anti-infantry role, the lack of smoke was considered a serious problem.
		The tank went through eight marks including an AOP version, for artillery observers, which retained the 75mm gun and was equipped with two extra radios in the turret and one in the hull, but as they carried no trained gunner, it was not that effective.
		The Comet tank was thus based on the Cromwell hull, with extra armour, and had a wider turret ring to accept the larger turret with the bigger gun.
	www.btinternet.com /~ian.a.paterson/equiparmourtanks.htm (5128 words)

	1.JmA - Pics from down under 2
		This is an early Crusader tank, (Mark I or II) with the small auxiliary turret for the extra 7,92 BESA machine gun on the front deck.
		The MK Vi was used as a light cavalry tank in the beginning of the war.
		It carried a flame thrower in the hull, the fuel was beeing towed behind the tank in a trailer.
	www.1jma.dk /Pics/Jeffrotanks1.htm (2119 words)

	Tank : UK_tanks_2 - World War Two
		Covenanter proceeded Nuffields were working on their own version of the A13.
		Once withdraw the Crusader were adapted into observation and command tanks, ARVs and mine clearing.Turret less Crusaders were used as 76.2 mm anti-tank gun tractors and air defence models with either single 40 mm Bofors gun or twin or triple 20 mm cannon.
		The new tank was known as the A24 and 500 were ordered off the drawing board and rushed into production without testing.
	www.valourandhorror.com /DB/SPEC/tank/UK_tank_2.php (712 words)

	Nase noviny - The 17-pounder Anti-Tank Gun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Another design was based on the American M4 Sherman tank, refitted with a 17-pounder and known as "Sherman Firefly".
		With a range of 9,144m (10,000 yards), the H.E. shell could change the powerful tank killer into a convenient field support gun, although this practice was used only very rarely as the standard 25-pounder field gun was usually available to fill this position.
		Anti-tank gun development soon showed that by far not everything can be achieved by means of gun design, at one point of increasing the muzzle velocity and the weight of shots and shells it was discovered that the intensity of impact shattered the projectile completely even before it could make any impression on the armour.
	www.geocities.com /nasenoviny/17pdrGunEN.html (1206 words)

	Osprey New Vanguard 14 : Crusader Cruiser Tank 1939-1945
		Crew attitudes towards both tanks are also examined: these were generally unfavourable - although both weapons were fast, this was of little use if they broke down, as they constantly did.
		Although better in this respect than the Covenanter, the Crusader was nevertheless plagued by problems when in North Africa, due both to the dusty climate and to deficiencies in design: the Covenanter was so unreliable that it never even saw combat.
		Covenanter crews remained in England, and by the time of El Alamein Crusader crew were anxious to dump their tanks and get into Shermans as soon as possible.
	www.militaryfocus.com /osprey/new-vanguard/14.htm (239 words)

	Royal Engineers Museum - Articles - Assault bridging and equipment
		When tanks were first used in First World War (1914-18) it was quickly appreciated that some sort of temporary material was needed to bridge shell craters and other man made obstacles.
		The AVRE was based on the Churchill tank and retained its turret from which the 6 pounder gun was removed, its replacement being a 290mm Petard spigot mortar.
		The bridge was placed by the tank on which it was mounted with assistance from another tank to launch it.
	www.remuseum.org.uk /articles/rem_article_assaultbridge.htm (3437 words)

	D Day Tanks and countdown to 60th anniversary of D-Day from the Tank Museum Bovington
		Drawings exist for DD versions of the Cromwell and Churchill tanks, although these were never built, and even after the war trials were carried out with a Centurion DD.
		Tanks were getting heavier so floatation screens were getting bigger and stronger.
		Most vehicles featured on this website are part of the Tank Museum collection, many are on public display from time to time.
	www.d-daytanks.org.uk /articles/developing-tank.html (500 words)

	LemaireSoft's British cruiser tank: global (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Other nations would have qualified those machines as "medium tanks", but they would have failed to capture the difference between a slow tank, intended to progress at the pace of walking men to support them, from the fast tank specialized in the pursuit and exploitation and sacrificing protection for that.
		Announced by the Cavalier and Centaur, it was a big leap forward for the armor of the British tanks (the German antitank guns had made progress too, though).
		It represented the quarter of all cruiser tanks at the onset of the war.
	www.lemaire.happyhost.org /char/complet/723.html (652 words)

	Missing Links The Covenanter Tank in Detail Article by Peter Brown
		The Covenanter earned one place in AFV history in June 1940 when it was decided to call British tanks by a name and not by specification or type number as had happened before.
		Covenanter was designed as a continuation of the A13 series with heavier armour than the earlier Christie based A13 's 14m and A13 Mk II's 30mm.
		Covenanter probably never fired a shot in anger, but one at least was shot at, a Mk I or II attached to an armoured train in mid-1942 was destroyed when the train was bombed (see 'The Armoured Train' by G Balfour, Batsford 1981).
	www.missing-lynx.com /articles/britain/covenanter.htm (6260 words)

	Worst tank - www.ezboard.com
		It may not have been the tank that the Axis forces needed but none of the Axis tanks would have done as well for the Western allies and was on a par with its Soviet counter part the T-34.
		A heavier tank means fewer that can be transported to France from the US and fewer that can supported in the fierld due to heavier logistic requirements.
		That last was one reason the US was seriously considering a tank in the under forty ton class as their MBT in the fifties rather than the fifty ton M-48/60 series.
	p081.ezboard.com /fforumonwarfrm9.showMessage?topicID=10.topic (920 words)

	books about: covenanters (presbyterianism mcgill-queen) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		While the Crusader was Britain's main battle tank in the Western Desert battles against Rommel's Afrika Korps, the Covenanter stayed behind in...
		The Chignecto Covenanters: A Regional History of Reformed Presbyterianism in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia,...
		The Covenanters of Scotland believed that the church had but one King - Christ Jesus - and they contended, suffered, and died for his crown.
	www.very-clever.com /books/covenanters (474 words)

	Call of Duty 2 for PS2 on Gamerhelp.com
		The M3A1 remained in use with tank crews due to its small size until late in the 20th Century, when it was replaced by the M4 Carbine.
		It remained popular with tank crews, and during the Cold War many units were distributed to Eastern Bloc countries, and eventually equipped some Communist units in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
		Popularly known as the Panzerschreck, "Tank Terror", and Ofenrohr, "Stove Pipe", among the troops, the weapon was essentially the same as the M9A1 Bazooka.
	www.gamerhelp.com /pc/CallofDuty2/106260.shtml (18665 words)

	Amazon.ca: Crusader and Covenanter Cruiser Tanks 1939-45: Books: David Fletcher,Peter Sarson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		While the Crusader was Britain's main battle tank in the Western Desert battles against Rommel's Afrika Korps, the Covenanter stayed behind in Britain (its cooling system was woefully inadequate).
		After the Sherman tank became available in large numbers, Crusaders were rebuilt as antiaircraft vehicles and gun tractors, while the Covenanters were scrapped.
		The color drawings of operational vehicles reproducing their camouflage and unit markings are quite useful, but the book's 48 pages are very limiting, particularly since it covers two distinct vehicles.
	www.amazon.ca /Crusader-Covenanter-Cruiser-Tanks-1939-45/dp/1855325128 (341 words)

	crusader III cruiser tank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Le Crusader était l'ultime évolution du char Covenanter.
		This tank was the ultimate evolution of the Covenanter tank with a stretched hull and a different armament setting.
		The main quality of this tank was the Christie type suspensions and tracks system appreciated by the crews.
	www.quarter-kit.com /news/gas50118.htm (314 words)

	New units in Steel Panthers 1 PIBWL
		8 tanks were used in the only Belgian armoured car squadron (!) in 1940.
		- Stuart tank with turret removed, used as a light reconnaissance carrier in the later stage of war, instead of light tanks.
		- Tank destroyer TACAM was a mix of R-2 (PzKpfw-35(t)) tank chassis, and a captured 76mm ZiS-3 field gun.
	www.wesleyan.edu /wsa/sps/mike/PIBWL.htm (2352 words)

	USA's M10, M10A1 Tank Destroyers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Based on the events in Europe, in 1940 a Tank Destroyer Board and a Tank Destroyer Commander were founded.
		Since the turret was open topped, the crews were vulnerable to grenades, shell bursts, and small arms.
		To help with this, some tanks were fitted (typically at divisional level) with armored covers.
	www.wwiivehicles.com /usa/tank_destroyers/m10_tankdestroyer.html (395 words)

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