Tank jelajah

Tank jelajah
Crusader I dengan turet tambahan
Jenis	Kendaraan tempur lapis baja
Negara asal	Britania Raya
Sejarah pemakaian
Masa penggunaan	1937–1945
Digunakan oleh	Angkatan Darat Britania Raya
Pada perang	Perang Dunia II
Spesifikasi

Senjata utama	2-Pounder gun
Senjata pelengkap	7.9 mm machine-gun

Tank jelajah (Tank kavaleri atau Tank cepat) adalah sebuah tipe tank yang bertugas untuk membuka serangan pasukan darat dan melumpuhkan kendaraan tempur lapis baja musuh. Sehingga pada umumnya tank jelajah memiliki lapisan baja yang tidak terlalu tebal namun mampu bergerak dengan lincah.

Referensi

Chamberlain, Peter; Ellis, Chris (1969). British and American Tanks of World War II: The Complete Illustrated History of British, American and Commonwealth Tanks, Gun Motor Carriages and Special Purpose Vehicles, 1939–1945. New York, NY: Arco. ISBN 978-0-668-01867-8.
Harris, J. P. (1995). Men, Ideas and Tanks: British Military Thought and Armoured Forces, 1903–1939. Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-4814-2.
Postan, M. M. (1952). British War Production. History of the Second World War: United Kingdom Civil Series. London: HMSO. OCLC 459583161.
Postan, M. M.; et al. (1964). Hancock, K., ed. Design and Development of Weapons: Studies in Government and Industrial Organisation. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Civil Series. London: HMSO & Longmans, Green & Co. ISBN 978-0-11630-089-8.
Steele, Brett D. (2005). Military Re-engineering Between the World Wars. RAND. ISBN 978-0-8330-3721-3.

Bacaan lanjutan

Buku

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Thesis

Armstrong, G. P. (1976). The Controversy over Tanks in the British Army 1919 to 1933 (Tesis PhD). King's College London (University of London). OCLC 731234928. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.448107. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-controversy-over-tanks-in-the-british-army-1919-to-1933(dbea3395-5044-41a2-b455-b1f51d6b2cc8).html. Diakses pada 9 March 2016.
Coombs, B. (2011). British Tank Production, 1934–1945 (Tesis PhD). University of Kent. OCLC 872698322. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.590028. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.590028. Diakses pada 10 March 2016. (perlu mendaftar)
Forrester, C. J. (2010). Montgomery and his Legions: A Study of Operational Development, Innovation and Command in 21st Army Group, North-West Europe, 1944–45 (Tesis PhD). University of Leeds. OCLC 767733859. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.540781. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1753/. Diakses pada 2 November 2016.
Salmon, R. E. (2013). The Management of Change: Mechanizing the British Regular and Household Cavalry Regiments 1918–1942 (Tesis PhD). University of Wolverhampton. OCLC 879390776. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.596061. http://wlv.openrepository.com/wlv/handle/2436/315320. Diakses pada 10 March 2016.