List of tanks of the United Kingdom

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

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 Number	Service Name
A1	A1E1 Vickers 'Independent"[1]
A2	A2E1 and A2E2: Medium Tank Vickers Mk I and Medium Tank Vickers Mk I (CS version)[2]
A3	3-man tank (Royal Ordnance Factory); Carrier MG Mk I[3]
A4	*
A5	*
A6	A6 Medium Tank, "16 Tonners"*, Medium Tank Mk III
A7	A7 Medium Tank, 3 development tanks built, did not enter service[4]
A8	*
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	*
A19	*
A20	*
A21	*
A22 A22D A22F	Tank, Infantry, Mk IV, Churchill Gun Carrier, 3in, Mk I, Churchill Tank, Infantry, Mk IV, Churchill VII
A23	*
A24	Tank, Cruiser, Mk VII, Cavalier*
A25	Tank, Light, Mk VIII, Harry Hopkins*
A26	intended faster and lighter A22*
A27L	Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Centaur
A27M	Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Cromwell
A28	Cromwell with heavier armour*
A29	17 pdr armed cruiser tank*
A30	Tank, Cruiser, Mk.VIII, Challenger, SP 17pdr, A30 (Avenger)
A31	Cromwell with heavier armour*
A32	Cromwell with heavier armour (equivalent to Churchill)*
A33	Tank, Heavy Assault, Excelsior*
A34	Tank, Cruiser, Comet I
A35	*
A36	*
A37	*
A38	Tank, Infantry, Valiant*
A39	Tank, Heavy Assault, Tortoise*
A40	heavier A30*
A41	Tank, Cruiser, Centurion I
A42	Tank, Infantry, Mk IV, Churchill VII (A22F redesignated 1945)
A43	Tank, Infantry, Black Prince*
A44	*
A45	FV201 universal tank*

*Did not enter service

Alphabetical lists

Includes the C names

• Caernarvon
• Centurion
• Challenger
• Challenger 1
• Challenger 2
• Charioteer
• Chieftain
• Churchill
• Comet
• Conqueror
• Conway
• Covenanter
• Cromwell
• Crusader
• Light Tank Mk VI
• Matilda I
• Matilda II
• Medium Tank A/T 1 - an amphibious tank prototype
• TOG 1
• TOG 2
• Valentine

See also

• List of FV series military vehicles - Covers post-1945 UK tanks with other vehicles
• Light tanks of the United Kingdom

References

1. http://arcaneafvs.com/alist.html
2. http://arcaneafvs.com/alist.html
3. http://arcaneafvs.com/alist.html
4. http://www.wwiivehicles.com/unitedkingdom/tanks-medium/a7.asp
5. http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks
6. A15 had been used previously to refer to a 1937 specification for a heavy cruiser (Fletcher p630
7. http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks