I didn’t bother with the VIII because the VI was much more prevalent as the reworked VIIs and VIIIs came along very late into the war. It would have slightly better traction and acceleration thanks to the wider tracks and low-speed final drives. But it would also lose out on the top speed that the I and V currently have which I feel is more useful overall which is why I also went for the Mk. VwD specifically.
Units serving with the 7th Armoured division follow up the German retreat beyond Aunay-sur-Odon. - IWM (A70 113-14)
Pair of Mk. VIs belonging to15th/19th Hussars preparing to cross the Class 40 Floating Bailey bridge over the Seine at Vernon. - IWM (A70 140-5)
Cromwell tanks cross the scissor bridge just outside Raamsdonck. - IWM (B 11619)
The Express cartoonist Giles sketches as Cromwell tank crewmen work on their vehicles, 1 May 1945. - IWM (BU 4925) The counterweight and barrel of a Mk. VIs 95mm is just visible in the background
Pair of VIs belonging to A Squadron of 8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars, the Armoured Recce Regiment of 7th Armoured Division.
CIAB Mk. VI Type F
Mk. VI knocked out by a mine, 1st PAD, Axel 1944. - Zeeland Archive 2251
+1. I wonder why we haven’t seen any British CS (except Churchill Petard) available in the TT, given how many variants are possible and we already have most of components in the game. Hope this one comes with dual AA mount, so I can clear path for HEAT shells
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It’s a good question but it’s also sadly not surprising when we’re missing some quite fundamental and basic things i.e.
A9
A10
Covenanter
Crusader I
Cavalier
Centaur I
Churchill IV
Bishop
Sexton
Sherman III, V, IC and IC Hybrid (shameless plugs)
AEC I and III (I think we can all agree the II shouldn’t have ever been a premium)
Humber I, II, III, IV
Staghound I and III
Chieftain 11
Saladin
Scorpion
If it isn’t already obvious this is something that massively annoys me.
Going back to CS tanks, the Centaur IV, Cromwell VI and VIII (going to suggest), Churchill V, VIII (literally just put through for approval), and VII AVRE, and the Centurion AVRE (sadly also a premium of course) would make a great sub-line but, again, we’re missing such basic things that I don’t see anything like this ever happening.
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I also would’ve liked the Vickers light tank with 2 15cm besa guns to be folderd with the light AA MK1
(there is also the MK2 which has an early and late config for the additional armour plate though I’m not sure how helpful it would be, regardless I might make a suggestion about the late and possibly the early after)
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I’d say go for it, I’ve found them to be surprisingly fun to put together. Feel free to use any of mine as a template if you want.
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Thank you, you got any suggestions your working on yourself?
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I’ll probably do the Cromwell VIII off the back of this and thinking about doing the Sherman IB and IIA which were the M4 (105) and M4A1 (76) in British/Commonwealth use.
I’ve also got the Stuart V/M3A3, Achilles IIC fitted with applique armour, and the Churchill Mk. IV (75mm), Mk. VI and Mk. VIII (literally just submitted an hour ago) pending so hopefully they’ll be filtering through soon enough.
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Hope it all goes well for you.
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Cromwell Mk. VI T120542 and four Cromwell Mk. IVs on railway flat cars in Belgium, November 1944. The delivery of new equipment to units in NW Europe became problematic as the Allied advance stretched supply lines. After September 1944 tanks were no longer shipped from Normandy, and until Antwerp docks were finally opened in late November, they were brought in through Ostend and Boulogne. - IWM (HU 99800)
Through the early morning mist and clouds of dust tanks of the famous 7th Armoured Division, The Desert Rats, move forward in the area between Caumont and Villers-Bocage. - IWM (B 8382)
1st Polish Armoured Division
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B Squadron, 15th/19th King’s Royal Hussars giving fire support to the 2nd Devonshires of 7th Armoured Division, 3 April 1945. The photograph was taken in the low ground between the Dortmund-Ems Canal and the Teutobergerwald. - NAM. 1995-04-28-13
Winston Churchill and Field Marshals Alanbrooke and Montgomery conduct an inspection of soldiers from 7th Armoured Division on parade in front of their Cruiser tank Challenger A30s and Cromwell tanks ahead of the Berlin Victory Parade, 21 July 1945. - NAM. 1985-10-134-84 The Mk. VI is third in line, between the Challengers.
Comet and Cromwell tanks of 23rd Hussars, 11th Armoured Division pause during the drive on the Elbe, 16 April 1945. - IWM (BU 3834)
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Yeah so why isnt this sorely missed tank in game yet? who knows? maybe people hate fun lol
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There’s still so much good stuff that’s missing and I’m hoping that further restructuring of the tree and increasing use of folders will lead to them being added, but, I’m expecting that only a few will arrive, like the Covenanter and Centaur IV, and that they’ll end up being premiums or event vehicles.
Hello mate me again, just with the correct names of the projectiles. Really would be nice to see this or another 95mm-armed vehicle in the main TT line.
- Shell Q.F., H.E.S. (Hollow Charge) Mk. 1
- Shell Q.F., HE, Mk. 1A
- Shell Q.F., Smoke Emission Mk. 1
Anyone who might know more about the 95 mm HE round; can’t seem to find the amount of explosive filler in any of the documentation and it seems neither can Gaijin, which is why it currently has the same amount as the M48 HE round.
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You could have a Rank II that looks like this, but that involves removing all the Commonwealth vehicles (I also altered all the Cruisers to be mediums but that’s not relevant here). Even then by abiding by Gaijins rules, 5 lines max, 4 vehicles max per folder it still doesn’t leave space for the Cavalier and Centaurs. Though I could maybe replace the Crusader III Late with one of them.
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Interesting, the Churchill Mk. VII/VIII Service Instruction Book has the same names for HE and Smoke but uses Shell, Q.F., H.E./A.T., 95mm Tank Howitzer. I’m assuming that’s from the same Cromwell manual?
With regards to the HE, all I’ve really been able to find being said is that it was 25lbs and had around 1.4 or 1.5kg of explosive filler (not sure if that’s just the Amatol or includes the TNT around the A and B ‘exploders’) but I can’t find anything official unfortunately.
I wish they’d finally just add a 6th line because then Britain could have a Lend-Lease line that transitions into the experimental and export vehicles which would open space for the Cruisers.
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From the same QF 95 mm book as before, best info I can find on it. Projectiles are the same on the fixed (tank) and separate (Alecto and towed) 95 mm howitzers, just the muzzle velocities differ due to different charges. I’ll have to double-check the Churchill book but in the case of changes in nomenclature I’d go with the more recent publication.
Yes 25 lb compared to the 15 lb HE in the 3.7 in howitzer, but the 95 HE is reputedly just an elongated version of the 3.7 containing more filler. Iirc the 3.7 contains around 875 g, but I can double-check later today.
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