Various weapons combinations were tried, ending with a 3 in (76.2 mm) howitzer. These two prototypes were delivered in May 1940. The A.20 final design was approved and a contract order was signed for two prototypes, to be assembled by Belfast shipbuilders Harland and Wolff (original makers of the famous Titanic). The initial engine was the 300 hp flat-12 Meadows already used by the Covenanter cruiser tank. But this obsolete design soon incorporated a 60 mm (2.36 in) steel protected turret, like the one on the Matilda.
The first design had a strong WWI flavor, with two QF 2-pdr ordnance guns placed in side sponsons, a reminder of the “lozenge design” of the Great War. If you spot anything out of place, please let us know!īritish Churchill Mk.II A.22 Infantry Tank on display outside the Tank Museum, Bovington, England Hello dear reader! This article is in need of some care and attention and may contain errors or inaccuracies. The tracks had to be long enough to allow large trench crossings, including anti-tank ditches. It was envisioned as slow (infantry pace), heavily protected with an armament only suitable to deal with fortifications (low velocity, high caliber, high explosives), crushing barb wire in the process. Just like the former, it incorporated typically trench-warfare features. The A.20 British infantry tank design was a prewar General Staff specification, meant to be a replacement for both the Matilda and the recent Valentine. Infantry Tank – 7,368 Built The last “infantry tank”
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