WW2 British Heavy Tank

Started by TheOlivant, 04 July 2011, 04:00:57 PM

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Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

Wouldn't be a prioirty, it's not comon - 6 per rgt, usually left at base cause it broke down all the time, couldn't keep up (even with Cents), and generall wern't popular. Apparently the only thing it was good for was promotion. If you stood a senior officer about 30 ft feet to the side (left?) he got a 120mm brass case on the head.

As this is a WWII thread for Brit heavy metal, there is the Churchill gun carrier, 3" AA gun in a box on a Churchill III/IV hull, 50 made I think. There is also various SP's on Crusaders - including a 5.5" Howitzer (very cramped) and Argentine stuff with French guns.

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10 August 2011, 12:45:40 PM #16 Last Edit: 10 August 2011, 12:48:52 PM by OldenBUA
Might as well mention the A43 Black Prince (or Super Churchill). Basically an enlarged Churchill with a 17pdr gun. Six prototypes by war's end, not taken into production since no real advantage over the Centurion.

But a nice what-if, because development started a lot earlier, but was halted because it would be too big to transport on railways. Without that hitch, it might have been in action in Normandy.

http://www.wwiivehicles.com/unitedkingdom/infantry/a43-black-prince.asp

But anyway, I think a Comet (and a Centurion) should be higher on the priority list.
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To be fair there's not a lot missing from the British range tankwise (see my comments on the new releases thread re Churchills) From a late war perspective the Comet is the obvious one other than that it odd things like Ram OP and Badger. Could be a few gaps for the earlier War but there not something I know much about so will leave it to others to comment. That just leaves the prototypes or not quite in time to see any action.

Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

Havent looked to carefully but dont remember the AA tanks appearing. These were aroind longer than many people think. Since they were perfectly gpoo chassis they were issiued to units like SP AT as command vehicles.

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BR100 is a Crusader AA doesn't state which one but fairly sure it's a II or III with the twin Oerlikon rather than a bofors. That leaves the Vickers & Staghound versions IIRC. Only just noticed there isn't a Staghound of any sort in the range. Crusader gun Tractor for the 17pdr is a possibility too.

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BR100 is the twin 20mm version

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I'll pop the extra votes down for the Comet, Tortoise and the Black Prince!  Unless there is some serious interest though, I could only see the Comet making it to production in the near future.
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Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

Leon - if you were to put a Churchill III/IV Hull into my current order I'll have a go at the Gun Carrier - really simple job I think.

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