Was there a good "british" British tank in WW2?

[Nemisis]

I'm not sure but I always understood that the main tanks on the western front were Shermans and their varients, and VC's. Not many churchills (not sure how you spell it), or crusader tanks.

Well anyway, my question is did the british have any designes equivelant to the Sherman or VC? I know the VC is sometimes considered british, but did they have any of their own design?

[crazyivan]

http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/ww2-british-tanks.asp

[usvi]

The Comet was a British late war tank.
I will let others elaborate.

[Wreked]

The Comet - came into action late in the war - likely was better than the Sherman (the Ronson) by a fair bit - what the Sherman had going for it was sheer #'s available and ease of field maintenance.

-33 tons
-77mmHV cannon / 2x 7.92 BESA mg's x 4" armour
-crew of 5
-top speed 32 mph

Comet saw service well into the late 1950's as did of course the Sherman as upgunned/improved by the IDF.

[Nemisis]

I probably should have been clearer, sorry about that. What I ment was... Did the British build any tanks of their own design, that came in early enough for D-day or at least Oct. 1944, that were equivelant of the Sherman or the VC?

[A8HatTrick]

No, none that held even remotely their own.

[Nemisis]

HA! I knew it. I just wanted conformation. Thank you all.

[crazyivan]

The Comet - came into action late in the war - likely was better than the Sherman (the Ronson) by a fair bit - what the Sherman had going for it was sheer #'s available and ease of field maintenance.

-33 tons
-77mmHV cannon / 2x 7.92 BESA mg's x 4" armour
-crew of 5
-top speed 32 mph

IMHO. If it saw action in ww2 and is well known. We should have it in the game. Along with the Panther.

[gyrene81]

I probably should have been clearer, sorry about that. What I ment was... Did the British build any tanks of their own design, that came in early enough for D-day or at least Oct. 1944, that were equivelant of the Sherman or the VC?

Actually, yes as far as capabilities...not as far as service time or numbers.

According to the information on that website that crazyivan posted the link to:

"The Centaur IVs would make a contribution to the D-Day landings in June of 1944 and some time afterwards as well."
"The Cromwell saw first action in the Invasion of Normandy with the 7th Armored Division and played a successful role in the event and the inland attacks to follow."
So yes and no???

[Kazaa]

Shirman Firefly ?

[Nemisis]

I said other then the VC, as it used our (U.S.'s) tank chassis, looks like turret...hell, looks like they just upgunned a sheman.

[RipChord929]

Yep, Churchill infantry tank, very tough customer, but slow as hell...
and Cromwell, not too bad, fast moving, with decent gun....
Like to see both in the game, both were used in large numbers...

[A8HatTrick]

No British designed top to bottom tank appear in significant numbers AND was considered comparable to others in its class and found success on the field of battle in WWII.

Yes there are some exceptions, but none that fit the rules:

1. Appeared in significant numbers
2. Easy to maintain in the field
3. Fast and Manueverable
3. Fielded a gun of significant caliber to penetrate enemy armor
4. Had significant Armor thickness to help crew survivability
4. Was designed and fielded by the British

And most American tanks where not all that great either to be honest, just we had a ton of them.

[iTunes]

The British 17 pounder anti-tank gun was the best allied gun produced hands down, it was used on a variety of chassis for that very reason.The mustang had a merlin engine, is that an American aircraft or a British aircraft?

[crazyivan]

And most American tanks where not all that great either to be honest, just we had a ton of them.

what about tank destroyers? Ill look them up. This was american  the M-18 Hellcat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PTOTF5BMcs