By David Fletcher, Richard C Harley, Peter Sarson
For many of worldwide battle II, British tank improvement remained devoted to the layout philosophy inaugurated in the course of international conflict I. reports in North Africa highlighted flaws during this uncomplicated layout, in spite of the fact that, and the final employees pointed out the necessity for a brand new heavy cruiser that can mix velocity and manoeuvrability with elevated armour and armament.
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