A10 Infantry tank (Cruiser Mk II).*
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The A10 was an attempt to make a cheap and easily*
affordable infantry tank, by adding a little extra*
front armour to the A9 cruiser design. *
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It was not a success, underpowered as it used the*
same engine as A9 with more armour added. It*
therefore was more used to support infantry than*
as a free ranging 'cruiser' 175 produced, used in*
France and North Africa.*
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(Some literature refers to this as a 'Heavy Cruiser')*
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The really heavy armour of the Matilda 'I' tanks*
proved to be the key element in a successful*
infantry support tank design.*