Production-wise, just over 2,000 were made between 1944 and 1945. The Crusader tank was one of the most popular tanks during World War II and was commonly used by the British in the North African ...

During the Second World War, the Crusader became the British Army's primary tank. More than 5,000 of the cruiser tanks were manufactured. They were particularly important to British victories ...

and the tank earned its name from the bright flames that would emit from the muzzle with every shot. While the Crusader tank was one of Britain’s best tanks early in the war, its flaws ...

Cromwell and Crusader. But now, nearly a century after inventing the first armoured warhorse - to storm through German lines in the First World War - Britain is to stop building its own tanks.

These latter detail orders of battle for the major British operations of Crusader, Brevity, and Battleaxe as well as several earlier actions. Forczyk includes details of the various tanks used during ...