A development of the A13 Cruiser Tank Mark III, the A13 Cruiser Tank Mark IV served with the 1st Armoured Division in 1940. The Cruiser Mark IV also saw action with the 7th Armoured Division in the Western Desert in the 1940-41 period.
The example here is likely to be a Mark III which was reworked with extra armour to the Mark IV standard identifiable due to the early type manlet fitted to the Mark III.
Like British tanks of the period, the Cruiser Mark IV was armed with a 2-pounder OQF. Maxium armour: 30mm.
Tank Museum, Bovington: July 2006
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