![]() Initially, work was concentrated on the Excelsior tank (A33), based on the Cromwell tank. 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. 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. The A39 Tortoise being towed on an 80-ton trailer by two Diamond T's during trials in BAOR, 1948
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