The History of the Tank used by the Heavey Machine Corp
Manufactured in the UK
Which became the Tank Corp and finally the Royal Armoured Corps
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| Mk1 (Big Willy) 1916-1917 | Medium Mk C Hornet (1918) | Vickers medium Mk 1 (1923) | Carde- Lloyd tankette | Vickers 6 ton 1928 | Matilda Mk1 (A11) 1935 |
| Length.32.51 feet | length 25.75 feet | length 17.49 feet | Two man tank (1927) | length 15.75 feet | length 18' 5" |
| Width 13.75 feet | width 8.89 feet | width 9.12 feet | | width 7.84 feet | width 8' 6" |
| Height 8.04 feet | height 9.65 feet | height 8.79 feet | | height 7.64 feet | Height 8' 3" |
| speed 4 mph | speed 8 mph | speed 13 mph | speed 15-30 mph | speed 17 mph | speed 8 mph |
| range 24 miles | range 75 miles | range 150 miles | | range 124 miles | range 80 miles |
| crew 8 | crew 4 | crew 5 | crew 1 | crew 3 | crew 2 |
| power-Daimler 6 cyl | power ricardo 6 cyl | power Armstrong Siddeley air cooled Petrol engine | power Ford model T petrol engine | power Armstrong Siddeley Puma petrol engine | power Ford v8 Petrol |
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| Mk 3 Valentine 1940 | Churchil 1941 | Crusader (Cruiser tank) 1941 | Centaur ( cruiser tank) 1942 | Cruiser tank Mk 8 ( Challenger) 1943 | Cruiser tank (Cromwell) 1943 |
| length 19.32 feet | Length 28.28 feet | length 19.65 feet | length 20.83 feet | length 26.25 feet | length 21.06 feet |
| width 8.63 feet | width 8.01 feet | width 8.66 feet | width 9.48 feet | width 9.55 feet | width 10.01 feet |
| Height 7.45 feet | height 11.48 feet | height 7.32 feet | height 8.14 feet | height 8.73 feet | height 8.20 feet |
| speed 15 mph | speed 16 mph | speed 27 mph | speed 27 mph | speed 32 mph | speed 38 mph |
| range 90 miles | range 90 miles | range 127 miles | range 165 miles | range 105 miles | range 173 miles |
| crew 3 | crew 5 | crew 3 | crew 5 | crew 5 | crew 5 |
Power AEC 6 cyl diesel/petrol or GMS 6 cyl diesel | power Bedford twin six cyl petrol engine | power Nuffield Liberty Mk 3 petrol engine | power nuffield Liberty Mk 5 V 12 petrol engine | power Rolls Royce meteor engine | power Rolls Royce V-12 meteor petrol engine |
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| Cruiser Tank ( Comet) 1944 | Sherman ( VC Firefly) 1944 | Centurian 1 (A41) 1945 | Carden-Loyd Mark IV (1927-1935) | Hornet Malkara (1955) | FV214 Conqueror (1955) |
| length 25.13 feet | length 19.32 feet | length 27.02 feet | Length 8'.07" | length 16'.57" | length 37'.99" |
| width | width 8.60 feet | width 11.12 feet | width 5'.74" | width 7'.28" | width 13'.09" |
| height 8.79 feet | height 9.02 feet | height 9.65 feet | height 4'.00" | height 7'.68" | height 10'.99" |
| speed 32 mph | speed 25 mph | speed 21 mph | speed 25 mph | speed 40 mph | speed 21 mph |
| range 123 miles | range 120 miles | range 118 miles | range 89 miles | range 250 miles | range 96 miles |
| crew 5 | crew 5 | crew 4 | crew 2 | crew 3 | crew 4 |
power Rolls Royce V-12 Mk 3 meteor engine | power Continental 9-cyl radial engine | power Rolls Royce Mk IVB 12 cyl liquid cooled | power Fort model T petrol engine | power Rolls Royce B60 | power 12 cyl petrol engine |