![]() Here, a small group of Mark II and Mark III Churchill’s were engaged in heavy fighting. The Churchill was very nearly cancelled and was saved by its performance during the second battle of El Alamein. Speed was also a problem as maximum speed dropped from 16 mph down to just 12.7 mph as weight and equipment was added on over the course of development. ![]() There were reliability issues and, once the system had broken down, it was difficult to service. The tank was heavy at 41,000 kg and its engine was under-powered to support that weight. Hurried efforts to produce tanks for the war effort meant little initial testing. The Churchill went through teething issues through its initial development. Meanwhile, ‘cruiser tanks’ were intended to be lighter, faster, and longer ranged with the ability to tank advantage of the breakthrough opened by infantry and infantry tanks to spearhead into the enemy’s rear. British designers put these concepts to work in the Churchill-tank. Speed wasn’t important but travelling over difficult terrain was. ![]() Intended to be able to take hits and keep on fighting, the infantry tank was meant to operate alongside infantry providing heavy firepower and blasting through enemy defensive positions. The infantry tank was intended to be heavy armored, well armed, slow and short ranged as a trade off. The first was an ‘infantry tank’ which, in other nations, might have been called a heavy tank. Fearing a similar stalemate situation in Europe, British Army strategists devised the concept of two very different types of tanks. Read on to the end! A bit of historyīritish tank doctrine for World War II was heavily influenced by the fighting of World War I. ![]() ![]() The Churchill Mark IV is the first British tank to join the series, a couple of unique features, and it leaves me with a bit of a question. It’s been a while since I wrote about Tank Crew but here I am doing a review of the most recent Collector Vehicle release. ![]()
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