List of tanks of the United Kingdom

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These are lists of UK tanks to enable cross-referencing between the design names and the service names.

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General Staff numbers

This is a list of UK tanks up to the end of the Second World War that received designations starting with the letter "A" - these would be designs requested by the General Staff to meet specifications issued, as opposed to private venture designs submitted by manufacturers to the General Staff

General Staff NumberService name
A1 A1E1 Vickers 'Independent", [1] one built but not taken into service
A2A2E1 and A2E2: Medium Tank Vickers Mk I and Medium Tank Vickers Mk I (CS version) [2]
A33-man tank (Royal Ordnance Factory); Carrier MG Mk I [3]
A4Vickers Carden-Loyd light tanks. See Light Tank Mk IV, A4E11 and A4E12 referred to the Vickers-Carden-Loyd Light Amphibious Tank
A5Vickers Carden-Loyd 3-man light tanks. See Light Tank Mk V and Light Tank Mk VI
A6A6 Medium Tank, "16 Tonners"*, led to production of the Medium Tank Mk III
A7 A7 Medium Tank, 3 development tanks built, did not enter service [4]
A8A8 Experimental Medium Tank, Project cancelled*
A9 Tank, Cruiser, Mk I
A10 Tank, Cruiser, Mk II
A11 Tank, Infantry, Mk I, Matilda I
A12 Tank, Infantry, Mk II, Matilda II
A13
A13 Mk.II
A13 Mk.III		 Tank, Cruiser, Mk III
Tank, Cruiser, Mk IV
Tank, Cruiser, Mk V, Covenanter
A14 A14E1 'heavy' Cruiser, prototype built, did not enter service [5]
A15 Tank, Cruiser Mk VI, Crusader [6]
A16 A16E1 'heavy' Cruiser, prototype built, did not enter service [7]
A17 Tank, Light, Mk VII, Tetrarch
A18(cancelled)*
A19(cancelled)*
A20 A20 Infantry Tank, prototype built, did not enter service
A21(cancelled)*
A22
A22D
A22F		 Tank, Infantry, Mk IV, Churchill
Gun Carrier, 3in, Mk I, Churchill
Tank, Infantry, Mk IV, Churchill VII
A23Proposed "Heavy cruiser" based on shortened Churchill tank hull design with reduced armour. Cancelled)*
A24 Tank, Cruiser, Mk VII, Cavalier*
A25 Tank, Light, Mk VIII, Harry Hopkins*
A26cancelled*
A27L Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Centaur
A27M Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Cromwell
A28cancelled, was to be an Infantry tank variant of Cromwell*
A29cancelled, was to be a 17-pdr armed assault tank named Clan*
A30 Tank, Cruiser, Mk.VIII, Challenger, 17-pdr armed
SP 17pdr, A30 (Avenger)
A31cancelled, was to be a Cromwell with heavier armour* proposed by Rolls Royce
A32cancelled, was to be a Cromwell with heavier armour similar to Churchill*
A33 Tank, Heavy Assault, 'Excelsior'*, two built. A27 hull with US M6 heavy tank suspension by English Electric
A34 Tank, Cruiser, Comet I
A35(cancelled alternative to A34, lengthened hull and enlarged turret ring to accommodate a 17-pdr)*
A36(cancelled)*
A37(cancelled)*
A38 Tank, Infantry, Valiant* single example built
A39 Tank, Heavy Assault, Tortoise*, six prototypes built
A40(cancelled, was to be a heavier A30)*
A41 Tank, Cruiser, Centurion I
A42Tank, Infantry, Mk IV, Churchill VII (A22F redesignated 1945)
A43 Tank, Infantry, Black Prince*
A44(cancelled, similar to A35 with thicker armour)*
A45 A45 Infantry Support Tank later becoming the FV201 universal tank*
A46Light Tank
Project numbering moves to the FV series from A45/A46 onwards. A46 may have been the last of the British tanks to get the A series designation.

*Did not enter service

Alphabetical lists

Includes the C names

See also

References

  1. ↑ "A Number List".
  2. ↑ "A Number List".
  3. ↑ "A Number List".
  4. ↑ "Britain's A7 Medium Tanks". Archived from the original on 19 May 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "TANKS!". Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  6. ↑ A15 had been used previously to refer to a 1937 specification for a heavy cruiser (Fletcher p630
  7. ↑ "TANKS!". Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
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