Cruiser Mk VII, A24, Cavalier
Prototype:
RAC Tank Museum
Nuffield designed a replacement for the Crusaders. These were going to be the "Cromwells", however not enough of the new engines were available so Liberty engines were installed. The War Office ordered 500 before it had undergone trials.1
The design was rushed and problems were encountered.
Very rectangular hull and a roomy but angular turret.1
Vehicles only used for training1 or gun tanks.6
Cavalier OP6:
In 1943 the gun replaced by dummy barrel.6 Extra radios installed and used as artillery observation post.
Used in Northwest Europe.1
Cavalier ARV6:
Turrets replaced by A-frame jib.6
Used in Northwest Europe.1
| Cavalier | |
|---|---|
| Crew | Commander, gunner, loader, driver, co-driver.2 51,2,3,6 |
| Physical Characteristics | |
| Weight | 59,360 lb2 23.85 tons4, 26.5 tons3,12, 27 tons1,5 26,925 kg6, 27,432 kg1 |
| Length w/gun | 20' 10"1,2,3,6 6.31 m4, 6.35 m1,6 |
| Length w/o gun | |
| Height | 8'1,2,3,6 2.42 m4, 2.428 m1, 2.44 m6 |
| Width | 9' 5.5"2,3, 9' 6"1,6 2.88 m1,4, 2.9 m6 |
| Width over tracks | |
| Ground clearance | |
| Ground contact length | |
| Ground pressure | |
| Turret ring diameter | |
| Armament | |
| Main | 6 pdr OQF2,6 6 pdr (57 mm)1 6 pdr3,4 |
| Secondary | |
| MG | 1 or 2: 7.92 mm Besa MG1,2,6 1 or 2: MG3 Besa MG, coaxial4 |
| Side arms | |
| Quantity | |
| Main | 642 |
| Secondary | |
| MG | 4,9502 |
| Side arms | |
| Armor Thickness (mm) | 20 - 761,3 202, 762,4,6 |
| Hull Front, Upper | |
| Hull Front, Lower | |
| Hull Sides, Upper | |
| Hull Sides, Lower | |
| Hull Rear | |
| Hull Top | |
| Hull Bottom | |
| Turret Front | |
| Turret Sides | |
| Turret Rear | |
| Turret Top | |
| Engine (Make / Model) | Nuffield Liberty1,2,6 Liberty3 |
| Bore / stroke | |
| Cooling | |
| Cylinders | V-126 |
| Capacity | |
| Net HP | 3406, 4104 |
| Power to weight ratio | |
| Compression ratio | |
| Transmission (Type) | |
| Steering | |
| Steering ratio | |
| Starter | |
| Electrical system | |
| Ignition | |
| Fuel (Type) | Gasoline6 |
| Octane | |
| Quantity | |
| Road consumption | |
| Cross country consumption | |
| Performance | |
| Traverse | 360°2 |
| Max speed | 24 mph2,3,6, 24.22 mph1 39 kph1,6, 40 kph4 |
| Cross country speed | 14 mph2 |
| Road radius | 164.57 miles1, 165 miles2,6 265 km , 266 km6 |
| Cross country radius | |
| Turning radius | |
| Elevation limits | |
| Fording depth | 3'2 |
| Trench crossing | 7' 6"2 |
| Vertical obstacle | 3'2 |
| Suspension (Type) | Improved Christie1,2 |
| Wheels each side | |
| Return rollers each side | |
| Tracks (Type) | |
| Length | |
| Width | 14"2 |
| Diameter | |
| Number of links | |
| Pitch | |
| Tire tread | |
| Track centers/tread | 8' 1.75"2 |
| Production | 1941-43: 500 |
Sources:
- The Encyclopedia of Tanks and Armored Fighting Vehicles - The Comprehensive Guide to Over 900 Armored Fighting Vehicles From 1915 to the Present Day, General Editor: Christopher F. Foss, 2002
- British and American Tanks of World War Two, The Complete Illustrated History of British, American, and Commonwealth Tanks 1933-1945, Peter Chamberlain and Chris Ellis, 1969
- Tanks of the World, 1915-1945, Peter Chamberlain, Chris Ellis, 1972
- Jane's World War II Tanks and Fighting Vehicles The Complete Guide, Leland Ness, 2002
- Tanks of World War II, Duncan Crow, 1979
- The Illustrated Guide to Tanks of the World, George Forty, 2006
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