Cruiser Tank

The cruiser tank (also called cavalry tank or fast tank) was a British tank concept of the inter-war period. This concept was the driving force behind several tank designs which saw action during the Second World War. In British use, the cruiser formed part of a doctrine paired with the "infantry tank", a much slower but better amoured design intended to work in concert with the infantry in punching holes through enemy lines for the cruisers to exploit.