After the Great War the British military had a strange period with tanks creating mostly export market models such as the Vickers 6 ton which itself went onto influence designs in other major military tank designs of the same period or creating a lot of experimental and small production models of tanks. Even into World War 2 the British still followed their doctrine of a slow moving infantry tank and a light Cruiser tank which would remain that way until the Centurion entering service just after the war finished.

Keep in mind the Tank Designer in HOI IV doesn't allow for a lot of variety in modifications so many vehicles will be stuck with the same gun.

The design may say basic radio however you can put whatever radio you want on any of the tanks with the listed basic radio modification. Also the armour and engine upgrades is up to your own preference.

Many British tanks of the interwar period were equipped with Stabiliser however I have only put it onto tanks with the stabiliser tech after 1940.

produced: 174
owned: 180
The Vickers Light Tanks MkI-V consist of a group of similar light vehicles with slight improvements over the variants all of which were lightly armed and had small numbers in production each. They all had been phased around 1940-1941.

Basic Light Chassis

• Christie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Heavy Machine Gun
  
• One Man Turret

produced: 1682
owned: 0
The Vickers Light Tanks Mk VI improves upon the previous models and is the first mass produced tank in Britain since the Vickers 6 Ton however unlike the 6 Ton this tank was used extensively by the British and it's subjects instead of exported. it remained in frontline service until 1942 when bigger better light vehicles replaced it.

Basic Light Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Heavy Machine Gun
  
• Two Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Smoke Launchers

produced: 100
owned: 0
The Vickers Light Tanks Mk VII Tetrarch improved further onto the Vickers Light design and also experimented into Airborne usage. It followed the Cruiser Tanks in terms of a main armament in the 2 pounder 40mm. Some of the tanks where converted for Close Support work supporting a 3 Inch 76mm Howitzer.

Improved Light Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Improved Small Cannon/ Close Support Gun (Tetrarch CS)
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Smoke Launchers
  
• Additional MG

produced: 100
owned: 0
The Vickers Light Tanks Mk VIII Harry Hopkins is the final Light Vehicle of the Vickers line and was quickly replaced by the export M5 Stuarts into the light tank role.

Advanced Light Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Improved Small Cannon
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional MG

produced: 125
owned: 0
The Cruiser Mk I is a light tank that filled the British Cruiser role developed in the mid 1930's to support the Infantry Tanks also in development at the same time. It was equipped with a 2 Pounder in the main turret and multiple machine guns two of which are housed in two secondary turrets. about 40 of the vehicles where fitted out to be close support tanks.

Basic Light Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Improved Small Cannon/ Close Support Gun (Cruiser Mk ICS)
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional MG
  
• Heavy MG
  
• Heavy MG

produced: 175
owned: 0
The Cruiser Mk II was developed alongside the Mk I and shows a more modern design of tank avoiding the multiple turrets experimented on earlier British tanks in development. It was more armoured than the Mk I but still could easily be taken out by any contemporary light tank of the time period. 30 tanks were produced as the Close Support Variant.

Basic Light Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Improved Small Cannon/ Close Support Gun (Cruiser Mk IICS)
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional MG
  
• Additional MG

produced: 65
owned: 0
The Cruiser Mk III improves upon the Mk II's design increasing in mobility but reducing the armour once again but adding smokes to the design. This tank was produced in limited numbers as the Cruiser Mk IV improved upon the design further.

Basic Light Chassis

• Christie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Improved Small Cannon
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Smoke Launchers
  
• Additional MG
  
• Additional MG

produced: 890
owned: 0
The Cruiser Mk IV consisted of the majority of Cruiser tanks that fought during the first 2 years of the war and was a much needed improvement upon the older Cruiser designs. It would be replaced by the Crusader in 1941.

Improved Light Chassis

• Christie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Improved Small Cannon
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Smoke Launchers
  
• Additional MG

produced: 1771
owned: 0
The Cruiser Mk V Covenanter despite being produced in large numbers was never sent abroad and instead all used as training vehicles due to the unreliability of the engine to overheat.

Improved Light Chassis

• Christie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Improved Small Cannon/ Close Support Gun (Covenanter CS)
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Smoke Launchers
  
• Additional MG
  
• Stabiliser

produced: 5300
owned: 0
The Cruiser Mk VI Crusader was the last light Cruiser tank and for the most parts the variants are very consistent with each other. The Crusader Mk I went back to the Cruiser Mk I, II design and added 1 Mg turrets to the tank whilst the Mk III removed the turrets. The Mk II improved the armour of the tank whist the Mk III used a 57mm 6 pounder instead of the 2 pounder of the earlier models. each main variant is listed in order.

Mk I
Advanced Light Chassis

• Christie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Improved Small Cannon/ Close Support Gun (Crusader Mk ICS)
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Smoke Launchers
  
• Heavy MG
  
• Stabiliser

Mk II
Advanced Light Chassis

• Christie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Improved Small Cannon/ Close Support Gun (Crusader Mk IICS)
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Smoke Launchers
  
• Heavy MG
  
• Stabiliser

Mk III
Advanced Light Chassis

• Christie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Basic High Velocity Cannon
  
• Two Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Smoke Launchers
  
• Additional MG
  
• Stabiliser

produced: 286
owned: 0
The Vickers Medium Mk I and Mk II were medium designs of the 1920's and had been used up to the begining of the war with some tanks seeing service as bunkers in Egypt.

Interwar Medium Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Small Cannon/ Close Support Gun (Medium MK I/IICS)
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun
  
• Additional Machine Gun
  
• Additional Machine Gun

produced: 3
owned: 0
The Vickers Medium Mk III was like many other interwar British tanks in terms of experimenting with multi turret designs and like it's larger earlier cousin the A1E1 Independent it was produced in small numbers and never entered service.

Interwar Medium Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Small Cannon
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun
  
• Heavy Machine Gun
  
• Heavy Machine Gun

produced: 140
owned: 0
The Matilda Mk I was a heavily armoured Infantry tank with the interwar British idea of a slow heavily armoured tank with only a machinegun supporting the infantry. By the time they saw action in France the Infantry Tank concept had changed heavily and they had prooven to be obsolete in France even if they were to immune to the tank guns of the majority of German tanks of the time.

Basic Medium Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Heavy Machine Gun
  
• One Man Turret
  
• Radio

produced: 6855 (British) 1420 (Canada)
owned: 0
The Valentine or Infantry Mk III consisted of almost 1/4 of the entire British World War II tan production and had multiple different variants. the Mark I, II, IV were two man turrets equipped with a 40mm (308-350 Mk I, 700-1511 Mk II depending on sources) the Mk VI and VII were the Canadian Variants of the Mk IV. the Mk VIII-X used a 57mm and the Mk XI a 75mm

Mk I, II, IV
Improved Medium Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Improved Small Cannon
  
• Two Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun
  
• Smoke Launcher

Mk III, V
Improved Medium Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Improved Small Cannon
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun
  
• Smoke Launcher

Mk VIII-X
Improved Medium Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour (Welded on the Mk X)
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Basic High Velocity Cannon
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun
  
• Smoke Launcher

Mk XI
Improved Medium Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Welded Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Medium Cannon II
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun
  
• Smoke Launcher

produced: 500
owned: 0
The Cruiser Mk VII A24 Cavalier was the first medium cruiser and begins the shift of what the idea of the tank should be with the eventual adoption of a tank that is both mobile and has a large gun. The Cavalier itself was produced in limited numbers as it had an unreliable engine which could reach a maximum of 39-40km/h however it's poor engine meant it rarely reached close to that speed

Advanced Medium Chassis

• Christie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Basic High Velocity Cannon
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun

produced: 950
owned: 0
The Cruiser Mk VIII A27L Centaur which shares the Mk VIII relationship with the very similar Cromwell was another limited production tank as again like it's predecessor the Cavalier was plagued by engine problems however it saw service unlike the Cavalier. The tank like the Cromwell came in multiple variants from a close support role to both a 57mm and 75mm variant.

Mk I
Advanced Medium Chassis

• Christie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Basic High Velocity Cannon
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun
  
• Smoke Launcher

Mk III
Advanced Medium Chassis

• Christie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Medium Cannon II
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun
  
• Smoke Launcher

Mk IV
Advanced Medium Chassis

• Christie Suspension
  
• Welded Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Close Support Gun
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun
  
• Smoke Launcher

produced: 3066
owned: 0
The Cruiser Mk VIII A27M Cromwell is the much more reliable medium cruiser with a Merlin engine instead of the older Liberty engine of the Centaur. Like the Centaur it was produced with multiple different roles with different gun options. Many Cavaliers where converted to Cromwell as they were identical and just had different engines. Cromwell IVw and Vw were welded variants of the Mk IV and the Mk V being a completely welded tank. The Cromwell Mk VII and Mk VIII saw the front plate improved from 75mm maximum of armour to 100mm with around 1500 of the older models being converted to the Mk VII/VIII standard.

Mk I (357 built) Mk III (200 converted Centaurs)
Advanced Medium Chassis

• Christie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Basic High Velocity Cannon
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun
  
• Smoke Launcher

Mk IV (The main variant over 1935 were built and others converted from Centaurs)
Advanced Medium Chassis

• Christie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour (welded on the Mk IVw and Mk V)
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Medium Cannon II
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun
  
• Smoke Launcher

Mk VI (341 were built)
Advanced Medium Chassis

• Christie Suspension
  
• Welded Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Close Support Gun
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun
  
• Smoke Launcher

produced: 200
owned: 0
The Cruiser Mk VIII A30 Challenger was designed to fit a 17 pdr on the Cromwell chassis however due to the Sherman Firefly being more numerous and easier to produce the Challenger was produced in a limited number as well as being quickly replaced by the Comet. The Challenger also had a program to fit the 17 pdr into a smaller turret being called the Avenger it would remain in trials till 1950.

Advanced Medium Chassis

• Christie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Improved High Velocity Cannon
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun

produced: 1186
owned: 0
The A34 Cruiser Comet was the final cruiser tank before the Centurion taking the Cromwell design and fitting a variant of the 17 pdr into a more manageable turret which also made the Challenger redundant as a Cromwell upgrade.

Advanced Medium Chassis

• Christie Suspension
  
• Welded Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Improved High Velocity Cannon
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun
  
• Additional Machine Gun
  
• Smoke Launcher

produced: 1
owned: 0
The Infantry tank Valiant A38 was made as a quick response alongside the Excelsior to replace the Valentine and Churchill which both quickly gained new variants which made both of the prototype tanks redundant. The Valiant itself was so bad that it became the tank the military would teach designers on how not to create a tank

Improved Medium Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Welded Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Basic High Velocity Cannon
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun

produced: 1
owned: 0
The Vickers A1E1 Independent was an experimental multi-turret tank from the the 1920's which remained in service till 1935 as an experimental tank. It influenced many of the other multi-turret tanks of the later decade.

Inter-War Heavy Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Small Cannon
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Heavy Machine Gun
  
• Heavy Machine Gun
  
• Heavy Machine Gun
  
• Heavy Machine Gun

produced: 2987
owned: 0
The Infantry tank Matilda Mk II A12 is a slow moving heavily armoured tank which would be nicknamed Queen of the Desert due to it's strong armour making it very hard to destroy for the Germans and Italians at the beginning of the African Campaign like many slow moving heavy tanks though it became obsolete within a couple years of service due to it's small 40mm 2 pdr gun. It like the Valentine was lend leased in large amounts to the Soviet Union. A close support variant was also made in small quantities.

Improved Heavy Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Cast Armour
  
• Diesel Engine
  
• Improved Small Cannon/ Close Support Gun (Matilda IICS)
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun
  
• Smoke Launcher

produced: 1
owned: 0
The TOG II was a Heavy Tank designed with the Idea of trench warfare as a very long hull with a turret fitting a 17 pdr for anti tank and anti infantry capabilities.

Improved Heavy Chassis

• Torsion Bar Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Improved High-Velocity Cannon
  
• Three Man Turret (Four man turret if you intend to use the Super Heavy chassis)
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun

produced: 2
owned: 0
The A33 Excelsior was a prototype heavy tank designed to replace the Churchill which at the time was lacking the firepower needed however by the time the tank was beginning trials the problems and the lack of firepower of the Churchill was solved.

Advanced Heavy Chassis

• Christie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Medium Cannon II
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun
  
• Additional Machine Gun

produced: 7368
owned: 0
The Infantry Tank Mk IV A22 Churchill was the last Infantry Tank and the heaviest Infantry tank, although it's early variants were not so successful the Mk III and IV helped put doubts of the military on the Churchill design to keep it in service for the duration of the war.

Mk I (303 built)
Advanced Heavy Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Welded Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Close Support Gun (In the Hull)
  
• Two Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun
  
• Small Cannon

Mk II (the hull howitzer was removed and replaced with another MG 1127 built)
Advanced Heavy Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Welded Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Improved Small Cannon/ Close Support Gun (Churchill Mk IICS)
  
• Two Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun
  
• Additional Machine Gun

Mk III, IV, VI (675, 1622 and 200 built) Mk V (241)
Advanced Heavy Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Welded Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Basic High Velocity Cannon/ Close Support Gun (Churchill Mk V)
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun
  
• Additional Machine Gun

Mk VII (More armoured and heavily armed 1400) Mk VIII (200)
Advanced Heavy Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Welded Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Medium Cannon II/ Close Support Gun (Churchill Mk VIII)
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun
  
• Additional Machine Gun

produced: 6
owned: 0
The Black Prince is essentially a larger Churchill which could carry the 17 pdr it didn't leave prototype stages.

Advanced Heavy Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Improved Small Cannon
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun

produced: 4423
owned: 0
The Centurion is the first MBT and sometimes classed as a Heavy Tank in it's early variants. It is one of the most well known tanks ever produced and is still in service today.

Mk I, Mk II (roughly 20+ built)
Modern Tank Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Cast Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Improved High Velocity Cannon
  
• Three Man Heavy Turret (to differentiate from the post WW2 Centurions)
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun

Mk III
Modern Tank Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Cast Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Improved Heavy Cannon
  
• Modern Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun
  
• Stabiliser
  
• Smoke Launcher

Mk V onwards
Modern Tank Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Cast Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Advanced Heavy Cannon
  
• Modern Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun
  
• Stabiliser
  
• Smoke Launcher

produced: 655
owned: 0
The Archer fitted a 17 pdr to the Valentine chassis by having the tank in reverse to allow for the superstructure and gun to be fitted.

Improved Medium Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Improved High-Velocity Cannon
  
• Superstructure
  
• Radio

produced: 50
owned: 0
The Churchill Gun Carrier was an unsuccessful attempt to create a tank destroyer on a heavy tank chassis however the tank was to unreliable and slow to be used.

Advanced Heavy Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Welded Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Improved High-Velocity Cannon
  
• Superstructure
  
• Radio

produced: 2100-2200
owned: 0
The Sherman Firefly was a Sherman fitted with a 17 pdr it could do this due to the additions made to the back of the turret. Like the M10 Wolverine the M4 Sherman and M4A1 Shermans were converted into 17 pdr tanks and used as tank destroyers.

Improved Medium Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Cast Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Improved High-Velocity Cannon
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Stabiliser
  
• Additional Machine Gun

produced: 1100
owned: 0
The Achilles was the 17 pdr variant of the American M10 Wolverine.

Improved Medium Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Welded Armour
  
• Diesel/Gasoline Engine
  
• Improved High-Velocity Cannon
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun

produced: 6
owned: 0
The Tortoise is the heaviest British tank built during the war with a maximum of 228mm of armour and armed with a 32 pdr or 94mm.

Super Heavy Chassis

• Torsion Suspension
  
• Cast Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Advanced High-Velocity Cannon
  
• Fixed Superstructure
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun
  
• Additional Machine Gun
  
• Additional Machine Gun

produced: 149
owned: 0
The Bishop was a short lived Self Propelled Artillery piece built upon the Crusader Chassis fitted with a 25 pdr it was quickly replaced by lend lease Priests after the Desert Campaign.

Advanced Light Chassis

• Christie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Medium Howitzer
  
• Fixed Superstructure
  
• Radio

produced: 2150
owned: 0
The Sexton artillery piece was designed by Canada however it was produced by Canada however primarily saw usage in the British army.

Advanced Light Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Riveted/Cast/Welded Armour
  
• Gasoline/Diesel Engine
  
• Medium Howitzer
  
• Fixed Superstructure
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun

produced: Unkown
owned: 0
The Light AA Mk I was an Anti Air built upon the Light Tank Mk VI it was fitted with a twin 15mm machine Gun or quad 7.62mm machine guns.

Basic Light Chassis

• Bogie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Basic Anti Air Gun
  
• One Man Turret
  
• Radio

produced: 400
owned: 0
The Crusader AA Mk I was based on the Crusader Mk III chassis it had a single 40mm.

Advanced Light Chassis

• Christie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Improved Anti Air Gun
  
• Two Man Turret
  
• Radio

produced: 268
owned: 0
The Crusader AA Mk I was based on the Crusader Mk III chassis it had a two 20mm's.

Advanced Light Chassis

• Christie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Improved Anti Air Gun
  
• Two Man Turret
  
• Radio

produced: 95
owned: 0
The Centaur Mk I and Mk II are like the Crusader Mk I and II but on the Centaurs chassis only 95 were built of the variants combined.

Advanced Medium Chassis

• Christie Suspension
  
• Riveted Armour
  
• Gasoline Engine
  
• Improved Anti Air Gun
  
• Three Man Turret
  
• Radio
  
• Additional Machine Gun

The British gained many lend lease vehicles from the Americans here are all of them.

M3 Lee:
Grant Mk I: M3 Lee
Grant Mk II: M3A5 Lee

M3 Stuart:
Stuart I: M3 Stuart
Stuart III: M3A1 Stuart
Stuart V: M3A3 Stuart
Stuart VI: M5A1 Stuart

M4 Sherman
Sherman I: M4 Sherman
Sherman II: M4A1 Sherman
Sherman III: M4A2 Sherman
Sherman IV: M4A3 Sherman
Sherman V: M4A4 Sherman
Sherman VII: M4A6 Sherman

If I have missed any tanks please do comment.

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