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	Cromwell tank - Definition, explanation
		It was the first tank in the British arsenal to combine a dual-purpose gun, high speed, and reasonable armor.
		The Cromwell was a the product of further development of British cruiser tanks, and was designed as the replacement for the Crusader tank, which was fast becoming obsolete.
		The Cromwell still had revisions to make before service, most notably upgunning from the 6 pounder (2.7 kg) to the 75 mm gun, and it was not until June 1944 that it first saw action during Operation Overlord, the allied invasion of Normandy.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/c/cr/cromwell_tank.php (678 words)

	Cromwell tank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cromwell was also used as the main tank in the reconnaissance battalions of British armoured divisions because of their great speed.
		Although the Comet was similar to the Cromwell, and shared some components, it was a much better tank with the 77 mm gun (an adaption of the QF 17 pounder gun).
		The Cromwell's armour ranged from 8 mm to 76 mm thick overall but the maximum thickness was later increased to 102mm with appliqué armour plates which were welded on.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cromwell_tank (1216 words)

	Cromwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cromwell is the name of the United States Navy ocean escort ship USS Cromwell (DE-1014).
		Cromwell is a series of British tanks from World War II: Cromwell tank
		Cromwell is the name of a replacement firmware for the Microsoft Xbox: Cromwell (computing)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cromwell (179 words)

	Cromwell tank: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The m4 medium tank tank was the main tank designed and built by the us for use in world war ii....
		The cruiser tank challenger (a30 challenger) was an attempt to mount the 17 pounder gun on the cromwell tank chassis....
		The centurion was the primary british main battle tank of the immediate post-war era, and considered by many to be one of the best british tank designs of all time....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/cr/cromwell_tank.htm (1385 words)

	Cromwell tank: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Cromwell was a the product of further development of British cruiser tanks, and was designed as the replacement for the Crusader tank (Crusader tank: more facts about this subject), which was fast becoming obsolete.
		The Cromwell still had revisions to make before service, most notably upgunning from the 6 pounder to the 75mm gun, and it was not until June 1944 that it first saw action during Operation Overlord (Operation Overlord: the battle of normandy was fought in 1944 between the german forces occupying western...
		Many of the components of the Cromwell were used in its successor, the Comet (Comet: (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/cromwell_tank (762 words)

	Tanks Equipment page
		However, the Tank Corps insisted that it also be equipped with fast moving, light tanks, which could strike at the enemies rear and these became know as "Cruiser Tanks" as a comparison to the vessels used in naval equivalent strategy.
		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 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 (5123 words)

	Nase noviny - The Cromwell Tank
		The advantages of this type of suspension made the Cromwell one of the fastest and most maneuverable tanks on the battlefield, a factor which did much to compensate for its relatively poor armament.
		Cromwell cruiser tanks succeeded the Crusader in January 1943, when first Cromwells began leaving the production lines.andnbsp; The Cromwell was based on the 1941 specification, which increased the requirements on the thickness of armour and the efficiency of armament.andnbsp; Based on an older A27 design, two prototypes were made by two British manufacturers.
		The picture of the Cromwell tank was taken from a Czechoslovak publication Od Dunkirku az po den "D" (From Dunkirk to D-Day), published by the British Department of Information, London, 1945.
	www.geocities.com /nasenoviny/CromwellEN.html (387 words)

	Tank - Wikimedia Commons
		Tanks are grouped by the country that they belonged to when in active service not the country the photos were taken in.
		Light Tank Mk VI in Yad la-Shiryon Museum.
		Renault FT-17 tank in the Museum of the Army in Brussels
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Tank (410 words)

	henkofholland mastermodelling military vehicles scale 1/72-1/76
		A proportion of these were later converted to Cromwell by the installation of the Merlin-engine, and others were converted tot specialised roles, so as dozers and ARV's.
		The main drawback to Cromwell was its lack of gun power, so it was logical to produce a tank with more hitting power to back up the 75mm gun, so Challenger was designed to mount the British 17 pounder gun.
		This was a British attempt to produce a tank destroyer, armed with a 17-pounder gun, with an open-topped turret in order to reduce weight.
	henk.fox3000.com /cromwell.htm (738 words)

	Cromwell Mk.IV British Cruiser Tank Mk.VIII A27M Military Scale Model In WWII British Army . (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Cromwell was ordered in 1941 in order to replace the lightweight Crusader "cruiser" tank with a more heavily armoured, and therefore more survivable, vehicle.
		The Cromwell tank weighed about 27 tons and had a top speed of 38 miles (61 kilometres) per hour and a range of between 80 and 170 miles, depending on the terrain.
		Cromwell tanks served in British armies until the war ended in Europe in mid-1945.
	www.militarymodeler.com /portal/category_249/content_780/contentview.html (247 words)

	Alumna’s Dig Will Cut Trojan Costs
		Cromwell Field won't look any different when it reopens in March 2005 for the Trojan Invitational Track Meet, but what lies beneath the green carpet of newly planted grass will be brand new — and cool.
		It was built with 2,310 cubic yards of pre-stressed concrete and 484,000 pounds of steel reinforcements to safeguard it from cracks or damage that could be incurred during an earthquake.
		TES consists of two components, according to Lopez: the chilled water storage tank under Cromwell Field and a new pump house in the basement of Grace Ford Salvatori Hall.
	www.usc.edu /uscnews/stories/10480.html (632 words)

	Daily Trojan
		Cromwell Track and Field will be closed until Feb. 28 for construction of an underground water tank to fuel university air conditioning systems, an $8.1 million project that will displace countless teams and runners.
		But Cromwell Track and Field was the only location that worked for the TES project, and the Board of Trustees selected it as the best location for the project, Snouffer said.
		The tank will be built entirely underground so that the tank can be held conveniently on campus and the unsightly concrete tank is kept out of view, Snouffer said.
	www.dailytrojan.com /media/paper679/news/2004/08/18/News/Construction.Shuts.Down.Cromwell-702579.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomain=www.dailytrojan.com (977 words)

	A Brief History of the Desert Rats and Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		I was then transferred to the 1st Royal Tank Regiment and fought with that unit as a Cromwell Tank Gunner until the end of the war and was demobilised in 1947.
		The significance of the Cromwell Tank is that the armoured regiments of the 7th Armoured Division were equipped mainly with Cromwell Tanks while stationed in Thetford Forest, and I believe the Division was the first formation to take the then brand new British tank into action.
		The final development of the Cromwell Tank was carried out by Rolls-Royce who fitted the tank with a Meteor engine (a modified Merlin Spitfire engine) which gave the tank phenomenal acceleration and a top speed of well over 50 mph.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /desertrats/A_brief_history_of_the_desert_rats.htm (930 words)

	j u k e d . c o m - [Dunk for Jesus] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Such was the fate of Cromwell Strom one balmy July evening in the township of Embarrass during a baptismal ceremony.
		Tonight Cromwell's life, as he knew it, would experience interference; an internal combustion would free him of his demons and he would be eternally saved.
		Cromwell, in his white baptismal robe, sat off-kilter on a metal folding chair slowly sinking into the moist grass.
	www.juked.com /2005/03./jesus.asp (456 words)

	THE A27M CROMWELL TANK
		Cromwell use in 1944 and 1945 - sample data from PRO files.
		Many Cromwells were of riveted construction, but later ones were welded, with their serial number having a "w" on the end to indicate this fact.
		The tank was a linear development of the A15 Crusader, via the A24 Cavalier (simply put a Cromwell hull and 6 Pdr turret, but with a Crusader type rear hull to accommodate the old Liberty engine.), and the A27L Centaur.
	freespace.virgin.net /shermanic.firefly/a27m.html (5155 words)

	WW 2 Model Maker-Sam Alderlieste-A Guide to Tracked British 17 Pounders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The compact size of the vehicle was much appreciated in the tank hunter role, some 665 vehicles were produced, being issued in NWE to the A/T regiments of the Infantry divisions, Army Tank brigades and in Italy with some armoured units.
		The M10 Tank Destroyer was issued to the British forces from mid-1943 onward, most where of the late MKII type, also known as ‘duckbill’ due to the shape of the turret.
		The ultimate cruiser tank, based on lessons learned (the hard way) during the war this design proved to be such an success that only the advent of the third generation of post war MBT’s signalled it’s demise as an front line tank.
	www.ww2modelmaker.com /articlepub/SAtrckpdrs.htm (995 words)

	Cromwell Tank Mk.IV
		The quality of these parts is all we have come to expect from Tamiya with superb texturing of the armour surface and delicate weld seams and finesse of the smaller parts.
		If you wished to model the tank going over rough ground it’s a simple matter of cutting off the pin and positioning the arm at what ever angle you wish.
		This latest release from Tamiya of the Cromwell is not only a very welcome release but also lifts the state of the art of kit production to new levels.
	www.perthmilitarymodelling.com /models/vehicles/tam35221.htm (1599 words)

	Tamiya 1/35 British Cromwell Mk. IV / Cruiser Mk. VIII Tank Kit
		Domes were not present on the tanks built from the start as Cromwells, these tanks had an external track tension system which was adjusted by a large "hockey stick" steel bar, stowed on the side of the engine deck.
		Cromwell Mk.IV and Mk.V battle tanks, and Mk.VI close support tanks (95mm), started to be issued to the troops in October 1943 as they became available.
		Cromwell tanks made some spectacular advances in their pursuit of the Germans across Northern France, Belgium and Holland.
	www.internethobbies.com /tam135britcr.html (1224 words)

	Toys Unlimited - Online Store for The War File - Killer Tanks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The T34 was probably the most important tank to see action during the Second World War - its existence remained a well kept secret from the Germans who were shocked by its appearance on the battlefield.
		Reports from Europe in 1940 convinced the US that the M2A1 medium tank was obsolete - their answer was the M3, a medium tank with a 75mm weapon.
		It was however a fast and agile tank; several thousand had been built by the end of the war in 1945.
	www.toysunlimited.nl /DVD's/killer_tanks.htm (445 words)

	DELTA GREEN 1939-1945 : EQUIPMENT : ARMORED FIGHTING VEHICLES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		There were several different kinds of armor-piercing tank ammunition developed throughout the war, but here the damage of the shell is reflected in the most common type of AP used by that nation (ie.
		Some tanks like the M3 Lee have an armored cupola around the turret MG, so that the MG can be operated while still being protected by armor, but most do not.
		Usually, this means that the machine gun is mounted in a ball turret on the front hull of the tank, allowing the gunner to be fully-protected by the tank armor but with a very narrow field of vision (-10% to hit).
	home.comcast.net /~furrylogic/armor.html (516 words)

	Cromwell Tank
		The Crusader Tank was the standard British tank during the early stages of the Second World War.
		This tank could reach 40mph and was well armoured and was was used in Tobruk in June 1941.
		It proved to be a fast and agile tank but its 75mm gun was outmatched by the German tanks in the battles that took place in France during the next few weeks.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWcromwell.htm (182 words)

	Michael Wittmann page 2
		Wittmann was the commander of the Tiger tank which caused the carnage at on the road from Villers Bocage during the battle for Normandy.
		When Wittmann stopped his tank to listen for enemy sounds, an alarmed infantry squad reported to him that strange tanks were rolling down the road.
		By that time Cromwells, Sherman Fireflies and Bren Carriers towing anti-tank guns had halted on the side of the road, parked nose to tail, with their guns swung to the side.
	www.wargamer.com /Hosted/Panzer/wittmann2.html (664 words)

	Sendit.com - The War File: Killer Tanks - The Cromwell Tank (DVD) - Buy DVDs, Games & Electronics - FREE UK & ...
		Part of the documentary series examining the capabilities of the different types of tanks used by the Allied and German armies in the Second World War.
		This volume looks at the British Cromwell tank, the replacement heavy cruiser tank for the more vulnerable Crusader, that finally saw action in the Normandy fighting in 1944.
		With its powerful Rolls Royce engine, the Cromwell was fast and agile, and several thousand had been built by the end of the war.
	www.sendit.com /video/item/7000000104803 (181 words)

	Combat HQ - Hero's Corner
		Lying in wait for advancing British tanks and infantry of the famed 7th Armored Division was a small contingent of German tanks.
		The Cromwell tank that had escaped the wrath of the Tiger was now the hunter and continued to stalk it, even getting off a couple of shots.
		It would prove to be one of the most unusual tank battles in all of history and only added to the general Allied terror of the prowess of the German Tiger tank.
	www.combatmission.com /Hero/wittmann.asp (759 words)

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		Being in fl and white and not particularly clearly printed, it is difficult to be sure, but they both look as if they are in the same sand and fl (or green?) as the armoured cars delivered to Australia as shown on page 32 of Wheels and Tracks No 32 on page 32.
		Robert -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) From: Andrew.Duff@lowebroadway.com Subject: Vickers Medium Tank Hi all, Many moons ago, when the world was young, Tankette ran an article on the Vickers Medium, the mainstay of the RTR between the wars.
		My question is “are Cromwell Models still in business & if they are does anyone have a current e-mail address?” Thank you for your help in advance.
	apma.org.au /thinktank/thinktank0112.txt (1166 words)

	1.JmA - birds
		The Centaur was developed alongside the better known Cromwell tank, the difference between the two being that the Centaur used the 395 hp Liberty engine, that had powered most British Cruiser tanks since the start of the war.
		Originally, the tanks were to be mounted on the LCTs without their engines, but when the setup was demonstrated for Montgomery, he allegedly commented that it was a shame to carry the tanks all the way to Normandy and then leave them on the LCTs.
		Thus, the tanks went across the channel with their engines in place and were to be landed once their role as off-shore artillery had been fullfilled.
	www.1jma.dk /Pics/1jmacentpics.htm (566 words)

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		As to markings, the OP tanks would have been part of the field regiments in armoured divisions and SP field regiments.
		This tank is made up from two hulks recovered from Salisbury plain training area in 1990.
		Centaur OP tanks were not used on D Day but they were used in Normandy as part of the 21st Army Group.
	apma.org.au /thinktank/thinktank0087.txt (4119 words)

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