A39 Tortoise

A39 Tortoise
General Historical Information
Place of origin	Great Britain
Category	Heavy Assault Tank
Debut in FHSW	FHSW 0.6
Armour	228mm
Main armament	94mm L/65
General Ingame Information
Used by	Great Britain
Seat 2	Smoke Launcher (6) 2x Besa (250)
Seat 3	Besa (250)
Historical Picture

The Tortoise heavy assault tank (A39) was a British heavy assault gun design developed during the Second World War, but never put into mass production. It was developed for the task of clearing heavily fortified areas and as a result favoured armour protection over mobility.

Although heavy, at 78 tons, and not readily transported, it was considered reliable and a good gun platform.

Only a few prototypes of the Tortoise had been produced by the end of the war.

In the early part of 1943, the Allied forces anticipated considerable resistance in the projected future invasion of Europe, with the enemy fighting from heavily fortified positions such as the Siegfried Line. As a result, a new class of vehicles emerged, in the shape of assault tanks, which placed maximum armour protection at a higher priority than mobility. Initially, work was concentrated on the Excelsior tank (A33), based on the Cromwell tank. There was also a program to upgrade the armour of the Churchill tank. For similar work in the Far East, the Valiant tank (A38), based on the Valentine tank was considered although weight was specified to be as low as possible Following the end of the war the order was reduced and only six vehicles were built. One example was sent to Germany for trials, where it was found to be mechanically reliable and a powerful and accurate gun platform. However, at a weight of 80 tons and a height of 10 feet (3.0 m) it was extremely slow and proved difficult to transport.

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AT17

AT17
General Historical Information
Place of origin	Great Britain
Category	Heavy Assault Flamethrower Tank
Debut in FHSW	FHSW 0.6
Armour	228mm
Main armament	Flamethrower (6200)
Coaxial weapon	Besa (150 Rounds)
General Ingame Information
Used by	Great Britain
Seat 2	Flamethrower (6200) Besa (250)
Seat 3	Smoke Launcher (6) Besa (250)
Seat 4	Bombthrower (72)
Historical Picture
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AT 17 Flame thrower heavy assault variant. What's special about this is that it has two flamethrowers. One in place of the main gun and the other in turret on top. Both have a great capacity of 6200. Machine guns are available in every gunner seat.

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