One of the fastest tanks of the War.
Cruiser tanks would use high speed to break into enemy rear areas and outmanoeuvre their forces. Protection, therefore, was minimal. 24 A9s were lost in the defence of Calais. 70 were sent to the Middle East and used until the end of the 1941.
The Tank Museum’s A9 Cruiser
The Tank Museum’s A9, T7230, was built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, and delivered to the Army in February 1940. It spend its service life at the School of Tank Technology before coming to The Tank Museum in 1949.
