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Britain's Vehicle Production and Imports

Tank Production
1939 9693
1940 1,3993
1941 4,8413
1942 8,6113
1943 7,4763
1944 4,6003
1945 1,3923
Total 29,2883
Light Tanks Total
Light Tank Mk VII (Tetrarch)2,4 1774, 1802
Medium and Cruiser Tanks Total
Medium Mk II2 1602
Cruiser Mk I (A9)2,4 1252,4
Cruiser Mk II (A10)2,4 1752,4
Cruiser Mk III (A13)4 654
Cruiser Mk IV (A13 MkII)2,4 6552, 6654
Cruiser Mk V (A13 MkIII, Covenanter)4 1,7004
Cruiser Mk VI (A15)4 5,3002,4
Cruiser Mk VII (Cavalier)4 5004
Cruiser Mk VIII, Cruiser Tank Centaur, A27L4 9504
Cruiser Mk VIII, Cruiser Tank Cromwell, A27M4 3,0664
Cruiser Mk VIII, Cruiser Tank Challenger, A304 2004
Cruiser Tank, A344 1,1864
Infantry Tanks Total
Infantry Mk I (A11)4 1404
Infantry Mk II (A12, Matilda)4 2,9874
Infantry Mk III (Valentine)4 8,2754
Infantry Mk IV Churchill Mk I4 3034
Infantry Mk IV Churchill Mk II4 1,1274
Infantry Mk IV Churchill Mk III4 6754
Infantry Mk IV Churchill Mk IV4 1,6224
Infantry Mk IV Churchill Mk V4 2414
Infantry Mk IV Churchill Mk VI4 2004
Infantry Mk IV Churchill Mk VII4 1,6004
Infantry Mk IV Churchill Mk VIII4 1,6004

Sources:

  1. Removed
  2. The Illustrated Guide to Tanks of the World, George Forty, 2006
  3. World War Two Tanks, George Forty, 1995
  4. Western Allied Tanks 1939-45, David Porter, 2009
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