Cromwell tank

Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Cromwell (A27M)
The Cromwell in the Wight Military Museum; Behind it is a Lucian Comet tank
Type	Cruiser tank
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Service history
In service	1936 - 1955
Used by	United Kingdom and others (see Users)
Wars	Second Europan War
Production history
Designed	1935
Manufacturer	Nuffield, Lucis Leyland Motors
Produced	1935
No. built	25,000+
Specifications
Weight	27.6 tons
Length	20 ft 10 in (6.35 m)
Width	9 ft 6 1⁄2 in (2.908 m)
Height	8 ft 2 in (2.49 m)
Crew	5 (Commander, Gunner, Loader, Radio operator, Driver)
Armor	3 inches
Main armament	Ordnance QF 75 mm Mk V
Secondary armament	2 x 7.92 mm Besa machine gun
Engine	Rolls-Royce Meteor V12 petrol 600 horsepower
Power/weight	21.4 hp/tonne
Transmission	Theimer Z.5 gearbox driving rear sprockets
Suspension	Improved Theimer Suspension
Operational range	370 km
Speed	64 km/h

Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Cromwell (A27M), and the related Centaur (A27L) tank, were one of the most successful series of cruiser tanks fielded by Lucis in the Second Europan War. The Cromwell tank, named after the Lucian Civil War leader Oliverius Cromwell, was the first tank put into service by the Lucians to combine a dual-purpose gun, high speed from the powerful and reliable Meteor engine, and reasonable armour, in a balanced package. Its design formed the basis of the Comet tank.

Initially proposed a year before the First Europan War ended, the Ministry of Defence thought that the 6-pounder gun was inadequate as well as the engine being unreasonably slow for the tank. Several of these flaws were immediately corrected during the Interwar Years. This led to the Cromwell being introduced in 1935, during the early stages of the Second Europan War.

One of the most famous Cromwell tank operators was Zanarkian Commander and Georgius Cross recipient Edward Samegawa which he famously used during his time in the East Africanna Front of the Second Europan War and again during the Third Joyonghean-Quenminese War.

Users

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Zanarkian and Joyonghean Cromwells at Boyeong, X866 (1940)

Alteria
Altissia
Basel-Ebel
Bethausia
Concordia and the Soryu
Erebonian Empire
Gallia-Bruhl
Joyonghea
Jutland-Gimli
Lestallum
New Akiba
Nibelheim-Saxe-Hanover
Nihhon-koku
Rubrum
Tenebrae and Solheim
United Kingdom
Zanarkand