ABSTRACT
Tanks, British When the war broke out in September 1939, Britain’s tank force consisted of only seventy-nine modern medium tanks, sixty-five small and heavily armored infantry support vehicles, 1,000 machine gun light tanks, and 160 medium tanks from the 1920s. Originally the pioneer in tank warfare, Great Britain now had a tank force that was seri ously lacking. A variety of strategic and political factors contributed to this situation.
