Cavalier tank
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The Cavalier tank was a British World War II cruiser tank developed early in the war as part of the same design lineage that produced the more successful Cromwell.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Centaur tank | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British cruiser tank
ⓘ
World War II tank ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Cruiser Mk VII Cavalier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| armamentPrimary | QF 6-pounder gun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| armamentPrimaryCaliber | 57 mm ⓘ |
| armamentSecondary | Besa machine gun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| armamentSecondaryCaliber | 7.92 mm ⓘ |
| armourType | rolled homogeneous armour ⓘ |
| category | armoured fighting vehicle ⓘ |
| chassisType | Christie suspension derivative ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew | 5 ⓘ |
| crewRoles |
commander
ⓘ
driver ⓘ gunner ⓘ hull machine-gunner ⓘ loader ⓘ |
| designedAs | improved cruiser tank ⓘ |
| designedBy | Nuffield Mechanizations and Aero Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor | higher speed than infantry tanks ⓘ |
| designedToCounter |
German Panzer III
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
German Panzer IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedToReplace | earlier cruiser tanks ⓘ |
| designGoal |
better armour than earlier cruisers
ⓘ
improved mobility ⓘ |
| designLineage | Cromwell tank family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedInPeriod | early World War II ⓘ |
| engineType | V-12 petrol engine ⓘ |
| enteredServicePeriod | early 1940s ⓘ |
| era | World War II armoured warfare ⓘ |
| fuelType | petrol ⓘ |
| hasVariant | Cavalier command tank ⓘ |
| lessSuccessfulThan | Cromwell tank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | British cruiser tank series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerplant | Nuffield Liberty engine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producedInCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion | tracked ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Centaur tank
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cromwell tank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | fast armoured exploitation ⓘ |
| successor | Cromwell tank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| suspension | Christie-type suspension ⓘ |
| tankClass | cruiser tank ⓘ |
| usedBy | British Army ⓘ |
| usedFor |
developmental testing
ⓘ
training ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Cromwell tank
subject surface form:
Cromwell tank
this entity surface form:
Centaur tank