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The Tank, Cruiser, Mk V, Covenanter (A13 Mk III) was a British Cruiser tank of the Second World War named for the Covenanters, a Scottish religious faction in the British Isles at the time of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Covenanter was the first cruiser tank design to be given a name. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Military vehicles are commonly armoured to withstand the impact of shrapnel, bullets or shells, protecting the soldiers inside from enemy fire. ... The Ordnance QF 2-pounder (or simply 2 pounder gun) was a 40 mm British anti-tank and vehicle-mounted gun, employed in the Second World War. ... BESA machine gun Type medium machine gun Nationality UK (Czech) Era World War 2 History Date of design 1936 Production period 1939-1945 (?) Service duration 1939-1945 Operators UK War service World War 2 Specifications Type Caliber 7. ... A British Comet with Christie suspension The Christie suspension is a suspension system developed by Walter Christie for his tank designs. ... The cruiser tank (also called cavalry tank or fast tank) was a British tank design concept of the inter-war period. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... James VI of Scotland (James I of England) was opposed by the Covenanters in his attempt to bring the Anglican Church into Scotland The Covenanters formed an important movement in the religion and politics of Scotland in the 17th century. ... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - UK Prime Minister Tony Blair MP - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification - by Kenneth I 843 Area - Total 78,772 km... Location of the British Isles The British Isles is a term used to refer to a group of islands off the north west coast of continental Europe comprising Great Britain, Ireland and a number of smaller islands. ... The Wars of the Three Kingdoms were an intertwined series of conflicts that took place in Scotland, Ireland, and England between 1639 and 1651 at a time when these countries had come under the Personal Rule of the same monarch. ...

History

In 1938, the War Office had issued a requirement for a new, better armored cruiser tank to replace the Cruiser IV. Nuffield's A16 design was found to be too expensive and in 1939 a cheaper A13 Mk III was adopted. London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company (LMSR) designed the hull, Nuffield - the turret and Henry Meadows - the engine. On April 17, before even a single prototype was produced, first 100 vehicles were ordered from the LMSR and soon additional orders followed, with English Electric and Leyland Motors joining the production effort, a total of 1,771 Covenanters were produced. Nuffield was also approached, but preferred to design its own offspring of the A13 line, which became the Cruiser Mk.VI Crusader. The Tank, Cruiser, Mk IV (A13 Mk II) was a British cruiser tank of World War II. It followed directly on from the Tank, Cruiser, Mk III (A13). ... The Nuffield Organisation was an automobile manufacturing company in the United Kingdom. ... The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS1) was a British railway company. ... Henry Meadows of Wolverhampton, England were major suppliers of engines to the smaller companies in the British motor industry. ... English Electric logo English Electric was a 20th-century British industrial manufacturer, initially of electric motors, and expanding to include railway locomotives and aviation, before becoming part of GEC. // 1917: Dick, Kerr & Co. ... Leyland Motors is a British vehicle manufacturer of lorries and buses. ... One of the primary cruiser tanks of the United Kingdom during World War II, the Cruiser Tank VI Crusader was perhaps the most important British tank of the North African Campaign. ...

In an attempt to keep the vehicle as low as possible, a low profile horizontally opposed V-12 engine was used. However, that left no room for radiators in the engine compartment. As a result, the radiators were moved to the front of the vehicle. The unusual arrangement, combined with rushed design process, resulted in serious problems with engine cooling. These problems meant that the Covenanter could not be employed in the North African Campaign. Instead, Crusader and American tanks were sent to Africa, while all 1,700 Covenanters produced remained in the British Isles. A radiator is any device that emits a form of radiation. ... During World War II, the North African Campaign, also known as the Desert War, took place in the North African desert from September 13, 1940 to May 13, 1943. ... Location of the British Isles The British Isles is a term used to refer to a group of islands off the north west coast of continental Europe comprising Great Britain, Ireland and a number of smaller islands. ...

By late 1943 the Covenanter was considered too weakly armed and armoured to deal with new German tanks. It was decided that neither problem could be addressed without significant changes in the design, so the tank was declared obsolete and all vehicles except the bridgelayer variant were scrapped.

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Combat usage

Except a few bridgelayers used by Australian forces in the Pacific Campaign, no Covenanters saw combat. The British 1st Armoured Division was equipped initially with them, but when it was transferred to Egypt, the tanks were transferred to the British 9th Armoured Division. Combatants Republic of China (from 1937) Chinese Communist Party (from 1937) U.S.A. (from 1941) U.K. (from 1941) British India (1941) Australia (1941) Free France (1941) Philippines (1941) Netherlands (1941) New Zealand (1941) Canada (1941) U.S.S.R. (from 1945) Mongolia (from 1945) Empire of Japan Nanjing... The British 1st Armoured Division is the title of an armoured division of the British Army. ... The 9th Armoured Division, a Second World War British Army formation. ...

The only Covenanter lost to enemy action was destroyed by a German air raid on May 31, 1942 in Canterbury. May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Canterbury is a cathedral city in east Kent in South East England and is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Primate of All England, head of the Church of England and of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ...

Variants

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