Thanks to Ian_Yashima for the screenshots.
Thanks to NewmanSTAR for track adjustment.

History

The Crusader concept stemmed from the "Fast Tank"concept, designed and produced around 1930 by the American Walter Christie, and could have evolved to generate an all-round fine tank. Instead, Crusader paid the consequenses of illefined high command theories and uncertain piecemeal decicions, hastily made by comittee, and suffered fromunfortunate shortcomings for most of its existence.

Crusader came from a lineage of "Cruiser Tanks produced to complement the heavier armoured and slow going "Infantry Tanks" Then in service, such as the Matilda. Conceivedto exploit the ltter's break through, cruisers were characterised by a light armour, a good range and speed and a running gear and suspension designed for fast going Their mainarmament invariably consisted of the ubiquitous two-pounder or 40mm gun.The narrow and long hull was of simple reclangular section, siffened with cross-braces and bulkheadsto withstand the starins and stresses provoked by the fast riding on rough trrin and the consequent roling and pitching. The multifaceted trret was given its characteristic

hexagonal cross section -developing into an octagonal one towards the centre- :to afford more intemal space, limited otherwise by the narrow hull and small ring diameter. Thesuspension, a slightly improved version of the American Christie design, consisted of one spring unit for each of the wheels, enclosed in an individual housing within the double-walled vertical sides of the hull

Like most other British tanks of the period, Crusader was armed with a two-pounder ant-tank gun, a 7.92mm Besa mg (derived from an original Czechslovakian design, the Zb-model 53) coaxially mounted at the right of the main gun, a two-inch bomb thrower further to the right, and a second Besa MG installed in a small auxllary turret, set in the leftside of the glacis, next to the driver's compartiment The latter had a pistol port in the armoured hood, for the use of his side arm.

Controls

-Pitch/Roll: Drive
-Yaw/Trim: Gun laying
-FireWeapons:QF six-pound anti-tank gun and Machine Gun BESA
-AG1:Open the roof hatch and smoke bomb
-AG2:Lights

Screenshot

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