Churchill Infantry Tank 1st Edition by David Fletcher, Henry Morshead 1472837347 9781472837349

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ISBN 10: 1472837347 

ISBN 13: 9781472837349

Author: David Fletcher, Henry Morshead

The NVG covers all seven Marks of Churchill gun tank with variations and the curious self-propelled gun of 1941/42, but not the so-called ‘Funnies’ or the armoured recovery vehicle variants. It will begin with the prototype tank A20, which has not been covered in any detail before, then go on to look at all seven Marks of Churchill, in particular their different guns. This book will also look at the tank’s service in Russia and later with the Irish, Jordanian and Australian Armies. It will also feature on the disastrous Dieppe raid of August 1942, ending with a brief look at the Black Prince or super Churchill which was only developed up to the prototype stage at the end of World War II. The Churchill is an interesting tank, quite different from any other British tank of World War II, built outside the normal process of British tanks and the Department of Tank Design. It was built under the watchful eye of the Prime Minister, after whom it was named, by a firm with no previous experience of tank production. Despite being condemned as unsuitable and more than once being scheduled to be replaced by a better design this never actually happened. It remained in production and ultimately vindicated itself since, although it was slow and noisy it was found to have superior climbing ability and thicker frontal armour than the vaunted German Tiger. Its classification as an Infantry Tank has been extensively criticised although recently one or two authors, notably Americans, seem to have revised their views on this and even Field Marshal Montgomery, who advocated a Universal Tank to fulfil all roles, found the Churchill a useful tank on many occasions, particularly considering its ability to absorb punishment.

Table of contents:

1. A20 Char De Fortresse Heavy Tank
2. The birth of the Churchill
3. The Churchill Tank Mark I (A22) and Mark II (A22A)
4. A22B: The Churchill Tank Mark III
5. Dieppe
6. Kingforce and Tunisia
7. The rework programme
8. A22C: The Churchill Marks IV and V With Cast Turrets
9. The 75mm gun in Churchill tanks
10. A22D: The Churchill 3In Gun Carrier
11. A22E: The Churchill Mark VI
12. A22F: The Churchill Marks VII and VIII
13. Churchill Marks IX, X and XI
14. A43 Black Prince

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