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The Infantry Tank is a tank concept found mainly in British and Commonwealth forces. It is a slow-moving and reasonably heavy-armored tank which works in concert with the infantry, supporting it on an assault with guns designed to fire low-velocity explosive shells for combatting fortifications. After a breakthrough had been achieved, faster cavalry tanks would exploit the gap by swarming the enemy's hinterlands.

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  • The Infantry Tank is a tank concept found mainly in British and Commonwealth forces. It is a slow-moving and reasonably heavy-armored tank which works in concert with the infantry, supporting it on an assault with guns designed to fire low-velocity explosive shells for combatting fortifications. After a breakthrough had been achieved, faster cavalry tanks would exploit the gap by swarming the enemy's hinterlands.
  • The infantry tank was a concept developed by the British and French in the years leading up to World War II. Infantry tanks were tanks designed to support the infantry in the attack. To achieve this they were generally heavily armoured compared to the cruiser tanks, to allow them to operate in close concert with infantry even under heavy gun fire. The extra armouring came at the expense of speed, which was not an issue when supporting relatively slow moving infantry.
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  • The infantry tank was a concept developed by the British and French in the years leading up to World War II. Infantry tanks were tanks designed to support the infantry in the attack. To achieve this they were generally heavily armoured compared to the cruiser tanks, to allow them to operate in close concert with infantry even under heavy gun fire. The extra armouring came at the expense of speed, which was not an issue when supporting relatively slow moving infantry. Once the infantry tank-supported attack had broken through heavily defended areas in the enemy lines, other tanks such as cruisers, or light tanks, were expected to exploit their higher speed and longer range to operate far behind the front in order to cut lines of supply and communications.
  • The Infantry Tank is a tank concept found mainly in British and Commonwealth forces. It is a slow-moving and reasonably heavy-armored tank which works in concert with the infantry, supporting it on an assault with guns designed to fire low-velocity explosive shells for combatting fortifications. After a breakthrough had been achieved, faster cavalry tanks would exploit the gap by swarming the enemy's hinterlands.
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