Its success set the precedent for later British tank designs as well as the concept of the modern main battle tank. The first successful British universal tank design was the heavy cruiser Centurion (Mk. Sporting good armor, good mobility, and very high accuracy universal tanks were designed to replace the heavy and medium tank doctrine with a tank that could do everything. Later British tanks focused on the doctrine of a universal tank. the Valentine) and very lightly armored and fast medium tanks (e.g. Nonetheless, the British tank doctrine still applies and results in oddities like heavily armored light tanks (e.g. In World of Tanks, these classifications have been applied to the standard light, medium, and heavy tank model of other nations for simplicity. Cruiser tanks were designed to act like cavalry and exploit openings in the enemy defense and as a result they were characterized by their high speed and light armour.

Infantry tanks were designed to move up with infantry and as a result they were characterized by their slow speed and heavy armour. The tank doctrine of the United Kingdom during World War 2 dictated that tanks be used as either infantry tanks or cruiser (cavalry) tanks.

British tanks normally will be found with one or two great strengths and one or two great weaknesses at the same time. Armored fighting vehicles produced and fielded by Great Britain and the British Commonwealth, focused primarily on Britannic development.

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