List of military weapons of the United Kingdom
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a master list of all current and former weapons of the United Kingdom. This list consists of all lists on Wikipedia that deal with weapons used by the United Kingdom during a given historical period.
American Revolutionary War
World War II
Cold War
Modern day
Gallery of evolution for British tanks
- British Mark IV tank the most produced British tank of World War I.
- Vickers Medium Tank main type of British tank during the Interwar period.
- Cruiser Mk IV main British tank in early World War II
- Crusader tank mk III main British built tank in British service in the middle of World War II. However it was not the most numerous in service. The main British tank in 1942 was the M3 Lee and the M3 Grant a British variant of it and in 1943 it was early M4 Sherman variants.
- Cromwell tank mk V main British built tank late in World War II. It was the main tank of the 7th Armoured Division late in World War II. However the main British tank late in WWII was the Sherman V/M4A4 Sherman variant of the M4 Sherman. Each group of Cromwells was supposed to have a Challenger cruiser tank to deal with heavily armoured German Tanks although a lack of Challengers meant this was sometimes a Sherman Firefly.
- Centurion tank main British tank early Cold War.
- Chieftain tank main British tank in the middle of the Cold War.
- Challenger 1 tank main British tank late in Cold War.
- Challenger 2 tank main British tank of early 21st century and current main British tank as of 2022. Set to be replaced by Challenger 3 roughly around 2030.