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The British Official Armour Specification is a set of standards for armour construction for armoured fighting vehicles, including tanks, during the late...

chief diplomatic advisor, and A25 from its General staff specification number, was a British light tank produced by Vickers-Armstrong during the Second...

Infantry, Mk IV (A22) Churchill was a British infantry tank used in the Second World War, best known for its heavy armour, large longitudinal chassis with...

British Armour in the Second World War - Part 2. HMSO. ISBN 0-11-290534-X. Fletcher, David (1983). Cromwell Tank: Vehicle History and Specifications....

a British infantry tank of the Second World War. The design began as the A12 specification in 1936, as a gun-armed counterpart to the first British infantry...

by its General Staff specification number A13 Mark I, was a British cruiser tank of the Second World War. It was the first British cruiser tank to use...

planned British main battle tank in development for the British Army. It will be produced by the conversion of existing Challenger 2 tanks by the British/German...

News. Archived from the original on 5 November 2009. British Next Generation Armour, Tankograd British Special no. 9009, Dan Hay Brooke-Holland, Louisa (21...

in the quality of the armour. The first loss to an Allied gun was on 20 January 1943 near Robaa, when a battery of the British 72nd Anti-Tank Regiment...

known as a ballistic vest or a bullet-resistant vest, is an item of body armour that helps absorb the impact and reduce or stop penetration to the torso...

Body armor, personal armor (also spelled armour), armored suit (armoured) or coat of armor, among others, is armor for a person's body: protective clothing...

was the successor to the Tiger I, combining the latter's thick armour with the armour sloping used on the Panther medium tank. It was the costliest German...

preferred action for British tankers. Moreover, the armour package had been designed to defeat either the 115 mm firing armour-piercing fin-stabilized...

for Next-generation Light Anti-tank Weapon or Next-Generation Light Anti-armour Weapon. The N is short for "Next generation" or "Next-generation", while...

was disappointing for a vehicle of its technical specifications, given the Panther's superior armour and armament to the Sherman. Zaloga argues that this...

of thermal imagers, digital fire-control systems and special (composite) armour (Soviet doctrine, however, de-emphasizes thermal vision and electronic fire...

Spitfire. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 978-08536-8-464-0. Buttler, Tony (2004). Fighters & Bombers, 1935–1950. British Secret Projects. Vol. III...

vehicles, requiring the tank to fire armour piercing (AP) shells. On January 11, 1934, following specifications laid down by Heinz Guderian, the Army...

Explosive Incendiary (HEI) High Explosive (HE) Armour Piercing (AP) APSE (Armour Piercing Secondary Effects) Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot-Tracer (APDS-T)...

designs increased rapidly in size and made use of improvements in armament, armour, and propulsion throughout the dreadnought era. Within five years, new battleships...