>> Označování britských tanků

British War Office specifications and requirements were identified in a simple way : the letter A was given at the beginning, followed by the serial number of the specification, the next letter E indicated the sub-variant, after which the next digit or letter indicated the next variation of the variant. Some tanks - by no means all - were then given their "fighting" name.


A1 (A1E1) "Independent"


A2E1 Medium Tank Vickers Mk.I 1924


A2E2 Vickers Mk.I CS 1924


A3E1 3-man Tank ROF 1925


A4 Vickers "Carden-Loyd" light tank 1929


A4E13-18 Carden-Loyd Mk.II variants 1929


A4E19-20 Carden-Loyd Mk.IV variants 1929


A5 Vickers "Carden-Loyd" 3-man light tank. One prototype.


A6E1, E2, E3 Experimental 16 ton Tank 1928


A7E1, E2, E3 Experimental Medium Tank ROF Woolwich


A8 (A8E1) Experimental Vickers medium tank 1934-1937


A9 (A9E1) Cruiser Tank Mk.I 1935


A10 (A10E1, E2, E3) Cruiser Tank Mk.II "Valentine"


A11 (A11E1) "Matilda" Infantry Tank Mk.I 1936 - 1940


A12 (A12E1, E2, E3) "Matilda" Infantry Tank Mk.II 1938 - 1939


A13 Mk.I Cruiser Tank Mk.III 1937


A13 Mk.II Cruiser Tank Mk.IV 1937


A13 Mk.III Cruiser Tank "Covenanter" 1937


A14 Modified GS Heavy Cruiser Tank


A15 Cruiser Tank Mk.VI "Crusader" 1938 - 1940


A16 Heavy Cruiser A13 1938. One prototype


A17 Light Tank Mk.VII "Tetrarch" 1939


A18 Cruiser Tank based on A17 1939


A19 Projected Cruiser Twin-turret Tank 1939


A20 Shelled Area Infantry Tank. Two prototypes.


A21 Projected development of A20


A22 Infantry Tank Mk.IV "Churchill"


A22F "Churchill" VII


A23 Projected light Churchill A22


A24 Cruiser Tank Mk.VII "Cavalier" 1941


A25 Light Tank "Harry Hopkins" Mk.VIII 1941


A26 Projected light version A22


A27L "Centaur"


A27M "Cromwell"


A28 "Cromwell version"


A29 "Rolls-Royce" Cruiser projected tank with 17pdr gun


A30 1) "Challenger", 2) "Avenger" Self Propelled gun


A31 Projected Heavy Cromwell


A32 Rolls-Royce project based on Cromwell


A33 "Excelsior" project


A34 "Comet" 1942 - 1944


A35 Cromwell Heavy project


A36 A30 project with 17pdr gun


A37 Heavier A33 version project


A38 Infantry Tank "Valiant"


A39 Heavy Assault Tank "Tortoise"


A40 Heavier A30 version project


A41 "Centurion" Mk.I 1945"


A42 "Churchill" Mk.VII redesigned


A43 Infantry Tank "Black Prince" or "Super Churchill"


A44 Projected Comet with larger turret, cancelled


A45 Centurion project for evaluation, completed 1946

Pokud mohu doplnit tak písmena L a M v označení : A27L "Centaur"


A27M "Cromwell" znamenají použitý motor - L Liberty a M RR Meteor oba původně letecké.