title: List of tanks of the United Kingdom
text: # List of tanks of the United Kingdom
  
  These are lists of UK tanks to enable cross-referencing between the design names and the service names.
  
  ## General Staff numbers
  
  This is a list of UK tanks up to the end of the Second World War that received designations starting with the letter "A" - these would be designs requested by the General Staff to meet specifications issued, as opposed to private venture designs submitted by manufacturers to the General Staff
  
  | General Staff Number | Service Name |
  | - | - |
  | A1 | A1E1 Vickers 'Independent" |
  | A2 | A2E1 and A2E2: Medium Tank Vickers Mk I and Medium Tank Vickers Mk I (CS version) |
  | A3 | 3-man tank (Royal Ordnance Factory); Carrier MG Mk I |
  | A4 | Vickers Carden-Loyd light tanks. See Light Tank Mk IV, A4E11 and A4E12 referred to the Vickers-Carden-Loyd Light Amphibious Tank |
  | A5 | Vickers Carden-Loyd 3-man light tanks. See Light Tank Mk V and Light Tank Mk VI |
  | A6 | A6 Medium Tank, "16 Tonners"*, led to production of the Medium Tank Mk III |
  | A7 | A7 Medium Tank, 3 development tanks built, did not enter service |
  | A8 | A8 Experimental Medium Tank, Project cancelled* |
  | A9 | Tank, Cruiser, Mk I |
  | A10 | Tank, Cruiser, Mk II |
  | A11 | Tank, Infantry, Mk I, Matilda I |
  | A12 | Tank, Infantry, Mk II, Matilda II |
  | A13 A13 Mk.II A13 Mk.III | Tank, Cruiser, Mk III Tank, Cruiser, Mk IV Tank, Cruiser, Mk V, Covenanter |
  | A14 | A14E1 'heavy' Cruiser, prototype built, did not enter service |
  | A15 | Tank, Cruiser Mk VI, Crusader |
  | A16 | A16E1 'heavy' Cruiser, prototype built, did not enter service |
  | A17 | Tank, Light, Mk VII, Tetrarch |
  | A18 | (cancelled)* |
  | A19 | (cancelled)* |
  | A20 | A20 Infantry Tank, prototype built, did not enter service |
  | A21 | (cancelled)* |
  | A22 A22D A22F | Tank, Infantry, Mk IV, Churchill Gun Carrier, 3in, Mk I, Churchill Tank, Infantry, Mk IV, Churchill VII |
  | A23 | Proposed "Heavy cruiser" based on shortened Churchill tank hull design with reduced armour. Cancelled)* |
  | A24 | Tank, Cruiser, Mk VII, Cavalier* |
  | A25 | Tank, Light, Mk VIII, Harry Hopkins* |
  | A26 | (cancelled)* |
  | A27L | Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Centaur |
  | A27M | Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Cromwell |
  | A28 | (cancelled, was to be an Infantry tank variant of Cromwell)* |
  | A29 | (cancelled, was to be a 17-pdr armed assault tank named Clan)* |
  | A30 | Tank, Cruiser, Mk.VIII, Challenger, SP 17pdr, A30 (Avenger) |
  | A31 | (cancelled, was to be a Cromwell with heavier armour)* |
  | A32 | (cancelled, was to be a Cromwell with heavier armour similar to Churchill)* |
  | A33 | Tank, Heavy Assault, Excelsior* |
  | A34 | Tank, Cruiser, Comet I |
  | A35 | (cancelled alternative to A34, lengthened hull and enlarged turret ring to accommodate a 17-pdr)* |
  | A36 | (cancelled)* |
  | A37 | (cancelled)* |
  | A38 | Tank, Infantry, Valiant* |
  | A39 | Tank, Heavy Assault, Tortoise* |
  | A40 | (cancelled, was to be a heavier A30)* |
  | A41 | Tank, Cruiser, Centurion I |
  | A42 | Tank, Infantry, Mk IV, Churchill VII (A22F redesignated 1945) |
  | A43 | Tank, Infantry, Black Prince* |
  | A44 | (cancelled, similar to A35 with thicker armour)* |
  | A45 | A45 Infantry Support Tank later becoming the FV201 universal tank* |
  | A46 | Light Tank |
  | Project numbering moves to the FV series from A45/A46 onwards. A46 may have been the last of the British tanks to get the A series designation. ||
  
  *Did not enter service
  
  ## Alphabetical lists
  
  Includes the C names
  
  * Caernarvon
  * Centurion
  * Challenger
  * Challenger 1
  * Challenger 2
  * Challenger 3
  * Charioteer
  * Chieftain
  * Churchill
  * Comet
  * Conqueror
  * Contentious
  * Conway
  * Covenanter
  * Cromwell
  * Crusader
  * Light Tank Mk VI
  * Matilda I
  * Matilda II
  * Medium Tank A/T 1 - an amphibious tank prototype
  * TOG 1
  * TOG 2
  * Valentine
  