| 31. | The heavier tanks were in the tank brigade, which had obsolete medium tanks until cruiser tank deliveries began in December 1938.
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| 32. | In mid-1940, the British were considering which tank should follow on from the new cruiser tanks then being developed.
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| 33. | In late 1937 however, the Czechoslovak army decided to run official tank trials both in infantry tank and cruiser tank categories.
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| 34. | In 1934, Sir John Carden of Cruiser Tank Mark I . It was expected to be replaced by a Christie suspension design.
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| 35. | Other countries started to move to a more role-based approach, for example cruiser tank, breakthrough tank, fast tank.
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| 36. | The division used approximately 20 Tetrarchs during Cromwell cruiser tanks, and the remainder were replaced by the M22 Locust in December 1944.
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| 37. | The British referred to these designs as cruiser tanks, but similar high-speed designs were developed under a variety of names.
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| 38. | At the end of the war the cruiser tank lineage led to the " universal tank " in the form of the Centurion.
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| 39. | These were known variously as cavalry tanks, light tanks, medium tanks, cruiser tanks or even tankettes for the very smallest versions.
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| 40. | Once the infantry tanks had punched through an enemy line, lighter and faster cruiser tanks would be let loose to disrupt supply lines.
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