Thread to talk about Canadian cruiser tanks and their variants. For both Canada and other nations that used them.
Canadian-built cruisers and variants are as follows:
Ram:
Ram I
Ram I | War Thunder Wiki
Ram II "A" series
RAM Mk. II “A”
Ram II “B” series
Ram Mk. II "B" Ram II | War Thunder Wiki M4A5 | War Thunder Wiki
Ram II "C" series
RAM Mk. II “C”
Ram II "D" series
Ram Mk. II "D" Loaned Ram II Tanks
Ram II OQF 75mm
Dutch Ram 2D (Early) (QF 75), the forgotten user of the Ram cruiser tanks
Ram II "late" OQF 75mm
Dutch Ram 2D (Late) (QF 75), the rare little variant
Ram II “Final” series
Ram Mk. II "CT150000 series" (Final/Late)
OQF 3.7AA Ram
QF 3.7 Ram | War Thunder Wiki
Sexton I
Canadian Sexton Mk.I
Wolf I
Wolf I 8x8 Armoured Car
Grizzly:
Grizzly I (Early)
Grizzly [Early]
Grizzly I (Late)
Grizzly [Late]
Grizzly Firefly
Grizzly Firefly [Shop No. 65 – CT-160258]
Sexton II
25pdr SP, tracked, Sexton MK II Canadian Sexton Mk.II
Skink(Polsten)
Skink | War Thunder Wiki Skink (USA) | War Thunder Wiki Skink (Hell) (USA) | War Thunder Wiki
Skink (Hispano, Cast)
Skink (Hispano) [Cast]: The lizard is almost complete.
Skink (Hispano, Welded)
Skink (Hispano) [Welded]: First try in building a lizard
(Note I’ll be back to improve this starting post/add missing varints)
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For a second I thought you meant naval cruisers
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I wouldn’t be opposed to something like that, I quite like these national vehicle threads.
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Lol, that’s not too bad of a thread idea. But this is something else.
This came from a convo on the Canada Discord server and do to the growing number of Canadian-built cruiser tank and their variants in WT, and could come in the near future. (tho theoretically, with the title Canadian operator cruiser tanks during WW2 would be on the table to talk about as well)
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Welded skink just looks… odd
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Jarms
November 23, 2025, 7:11am
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Aren’t there different hull variations? With 6-Pdr and 75mm on earlier and later hulls?
l2ulan
November 23, 2025, 2:22pm
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I’m very new to the Rams so had no idea about the late cast hull MG. Is there a definitive list of which variants were exported to which country postwar? eg. Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal
Eh, sorta? Still going through and added variants, but there are a few I’m unsure if they existed(do to conflicting info), like a Ram II with an MG turret and 6-pdr Mk V.
Planning on adding operator nations soon. For the Ram, what I can remember is that Canada, the UK, the Netherlands operated it, and the US & Switzerland tested a variant.
I believe Portugal used some Girzzlys and their variants, but I’ll have to double-check on the Girzzly side of things.
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Thanks for linking my Dutch RAM tank suggestions.
The Netherlands bought all the 40 QF75 armed Ram 2’s after the war. Together with this order were also two RAM Command tanks (From what I know these are RAM 2 tanks with dummy guns), and two RAM I ARV recovery vehicles.
This is taken from the “Wiel en Rups” book by Sander Ruys
Nice work, are we discounting the Canadian built Valentine?
Valentine is an infantry tank. So, well, not discounting, they don’t belong here as this thread covers cruiser tanks.
I’m an idiot, I completely forgot it was an infantry tank
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Jarms
November 24, 2025, 1:51am
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RAM Mk. II “A”
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WD numbers CT39831 to CT39980
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On July 15th 1940 a member of the British War Office had a meeting with a member of the Canadian National Defence Headquarters and discussed the possibility of Canada becoming a producer of cruiser tanks. Following this meeting, on the 15th of August 1940 the Minister of National Defence approved the creation of Canadian Armoured Corps formations. Once the formations were created they lacked the one thing that is important t…
RAM Mk.II “B”
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WD numbers CT39981-CT40100
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History:
On July 15th 1940 a member of the British War Office had a meeting with a member of the Canadian National Defence Headquarters and discussed the possibility of Canada becoming a producer of cruiser tanks. Following this meeting, on the 15th of August 1940 the Minister of National Defence approved the creation of Canadian Armoured Corps formations. Once the formations were created they lacked th…
RAM Mk. II “C”
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WD numbers CT40101 to CT40437
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History:
On July 15th 1940 a member of the British War Office had a meeting with a member of the Canadian National Defence Headquarters and discussed the possibility of Canada becoming a producer of cruiser tanks. Following this meeting, on the 15th of August 1940 the Minister of National Defence approved the creation of Canadian Armoured Corps formations. Once the formations were created they lacke…
RAM Mk. II “D”
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WD numbers CT40438 - CT40937
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On July 15th 1940 a member of the British War Office had a meeting with a member of the Canadian National Defence Headquarters and discussed the possibility of Canada becoming a producer of cruiser tanks. Following this meeting, on the 15th of August 1940 the Minister of National Defence approved the creation of Canadian Armoured Corps formations. …
RAM II “CT150000 series”
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WD numbers CT159402 to CT160193
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History:
On July 15th 1940 a member of the British War Office had a meeting with a member of the Canadian National Defence Headquarters and discussed the possibility of Canada becoming a producer of cruiser tanks. Following this meeting, on the 15th of August 1940 the Minister of National Defence approved the creation of Canadian Armoured Corps formations. Once the formations were create…
Found them. There’s several hull variants. Some of the earlier ones can be found with either a 6-Pdr Mk III or Mk V. Some of the later ones can be found with either a 6-Pdr Mk V or QF 75mm. For example:
75mm with auxiliary turret hull.
Ya, I have those suggestions linked and both 75mm ones, have an entry.
My starting post should have every Ram and Grizzly variant that I can easily find now.
