Love it. Need it.
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T121766W came ashore at King beach, Gold area, on the 7th of June and was in 3 Troop of A Squadron, 4th County of London Yeomanry, 22nd Armoured Brigade, 7th Armoured Division.
Not long after the fighting at Villers-Bocage and Point 213 kicked off, it and a few other Cromwells sought shelter in an orchard, just north of the RN175 road and about halfway between VB and 213. With no real way of breaking out and returning to the town, it’s believed that their crews set them alight themselves and made their way out on foot.
When the Germans arrived they looked through the stowage and took anything of use off the wrecks.
IWM (B 5251)
This one belonged to 2 Troop and was up at Point 213. It was attempting to find an escape route along a track that went north off of 213 but didn’t get very far before it was knocked out by a German tank that was covered by a bend further up the lane. The penetration of what was likely the first shot is visible between the driver’s viewport and the BESA. A second penetration can be seen on the front of the turret just under the gun. The driver was killed but the rest of the crew managed to bail out and run for cover.
Not really a fan of the current British 75mm, it uses the same shell as the US 75mm but for some reason Gaijin just makes it solid shot instead of giving the proper M61 shell
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Unfortunately, I don’t think that’s gonna change anytime soon. I’m still holding out a little bit of hope that they’ll change it though.
While this is a VwE, it’s worth sharing in it’s own right as it’s a picture of T255310. As I mentioned in the post, this is the only one known to have been built by English Electric rather than BRCW.
It was in use with 1st Royal Tank Regiment, 7th Armoured Division.
A Cromwell Mk V tank advancing through Cantaloup near Caumont during Operation BLUECOAT, 31 July - 1 August 1944. Loyd carriers of 3rd Independent Machine Gun Company can be seen in the background. - IWM (B 8369)
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1st Royal Tank Regiment, 7th Armoured Division in Normandy.
M10s from 65th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment RA, and Cromwells and Fireflies belonging to the 5th Royal Tank Regiment moving through Lyons-la-Fôret. - A70 145-10
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Cromwells and Fireflies belonging to the 1st RTR deploy in the cornfields around the village of Giberville during the regiment’s advance to catch up with the rest of the 22nd Armoured Brigade now fighting for the Bourguebus ridge some four miles away. The tanks pass the long barrel of an 8.8cm PAK 41/43 anti- tank gun (lying well concealed by tall stalks of wheat) which was overrun during the previous day’s advance. - IWM (A70 87-8)
Cromwell tanks of 7th Armoured Division assembled for Operation ‘Goodwood’, 18 July 1944. - IWM (B 7649) The three lined up on the left are all Mk. Vws.
Cromwell tanks and a Sherman Firefly of 1st Royal Tank Regiment, 7th Armoured Division, moving up to their assembly area during Operation ‘Goodwood’, Normandy, 18 July 1944. The vehicles are about to cross ‘London Bridge’, a Bailey bridge over the River Orne. - IWM HU 99797
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Cromwell with a removed long 88 😂
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A Cromwell hull with a long 88 would be an absolute menace. Would make an interesting upgrade over the Archer but it’d probably also shake itself to pieces.
Like the Israeli Cromwell with the 17pdr barrel welded on. Luckily we don’t worry about such things in WT ;) :D
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Probably be a great 3.7 foldered with the Cromwell I. Cromwell I gets a better gun, this gets better armour.
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Exactly my thoughts, gives players a decent choice either way of what they’d rather have in their line-up or what they think’ll be useful for certain situations.
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+1 just yes, this is a much needed tank.
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Can only hope the overlords think it’s worth being added.
Anyway, time for another T-80…
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+1 but will it get cool camos ?
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Yeah it would be great, it looks amazing with the camo net
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Cromwells/Shermans/Churchills/Challengers with hessian tape and camo/scrim netting always look so good
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They do, and the camo netting was used in so many ww2 vehicles, but ironically we have more modern vehicle’s with camo nets than ww2 ones, i hope gaijin changes paste a little and give ww2 era more attention, including to little details like the camo nets.
And of course, this is a cromwell with tiger frontal armor, this is a bit of a “bump post” but how can i not, look how amazing this tank is lol
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They’ve already laid a lot of the groundwork for it with the individual premiums and especially the new premium packs like the Overlord one so I hope that they’ll continue to do a bit more with it. Unfortunately I doubt they’ll make it a widely available thing but it would be cool to see.
I know I’m biased but this is one of the vehicles I’d most like to see added. Might be my favourite of the suggestions I’ve done.
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