Comet tank
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The Comet tank was a British World War II cruiser tank designed to improve firepower and mobility over earlier models, notably serving in the late stages of the war and influencing postwar tank development.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British cruiser tank
ⓘ
World War II tank ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Tank, Cruiser, Comet I (A34) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| armourThickness | up to about 102 mm on turret front ⓘ |
| armourType | welded and bolted rolled homogeneous armour ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew | 5 ⓘ |
| designDate | 1943 ⓘ |
| designedToImprove |
firepower over Cromwell tank
ⓘ
mobility over earlier British cruiser tanks ⓘ |
| designer | Leyland Motors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Cromwell tank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engine | Rolls-Royce Meteor V12 petrol engine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enginePower | 600 hp ⓘ |
| exportedTo |
Burma
NERFINISHED
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Cuba NERFINISHED ⓘ Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gunType | high-velocity tank gun derived from 17-pounder ⓘ |
| height | 2.68 m ⓘ |
| influenced | Centurion tank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inServiceWith |
Burmese Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Finnish Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish Army NERFINISHED ⓘ South African Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introduced | 1944 ⓘ |
| length | 6.57 m hull ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 32 mph on road ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
good mobility and reliability for its time
ⓘ
low profile compared to many contemporary tanks ⓘ |
| operationalRange | about 120–200 km on road ⓘ |
| postwarService | remained in British service into the 1950s ⓘ |
| powerToWeightRatio | about 18.7 hp/tonne ⓘ |
| primaryArmament | 77 mm HV gun ⓘ |
| primaryArmamentCalibre | 76.2 mm GENERATED ⓘ |
| primaryUser | British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
cruiser tank
ⓘ
fast exploitation tank ⓘ |
| sawCombatIn | Northwest Europe 1944–1945 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondaryArmament | 2 × 7.92 mm Besa machine guns ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | late 1944 ⓘ |
| shellTypes |
APCBC
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APDS ⓘ HE ⓘ |
| suspension | Christie suspension ⓘ |
| transmission | Merritt-Brown gearbox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| turretTraverse | powered ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Korean War
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| weight | about 32 tonnes ⓘ |
| width | 3.05 m ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Cromwell tank