![]() Cromwells were used to fully equip only one division, the 7th Armoured Division. The Sherman remained the most common tank in British and Commonwealth armoured units. The Close Support version of the Centaur with a 95 mm howitzer replacing the 75mm saw service in small numbers as part of the Royal Marine Armoured Support Group on D-Day, and a number were used as the basis for combat engineering vehicles such as an armoured bulldozer. The Centaur was chiefly used for training only those in specialist roles saw action. While the armour regiments of the latter two divisions were equipped with M4 Shermans, the armour regiments of the 7th Armour was fully equipped with Cromwell tanks. The tank equipped the armoured reconnaissance regiments, of the Royal Armoured Corps, within the 7th, 11th, and Guards Armoured Divisions. ![]() The Cromwell first saw action in the Battle of Normandy in June 1944. Its design formed the basis of the Comet tank. ![]() The Cromwell tank, named after the English Civil War leader Oliver Cromwell, was the first tank in the British arsenal to combine a dual-purpose gun, high speed from the powerful and reliable Meteor engine, and reasonable armour, all in one balanced package. Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Cromwell (A27M), and the related Centaur tank, were one of the most successful series of cruiser tanks fielded by Britain in the Second World War.
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