Tank, Infantry, Black Prince | |
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![]() Side view of the prototype A43 Black Prince | |
Type | Infantry tank |
Place of origin | United Kingdom |
Production history | |
Designer | Vauxhall |
Designed | 1943 |
Manufacturer | Vauxhall |
Produced | 1945 |
No. built | 6 prototypes |
Specifications | |
Mass | 50 long tons (51 t)[1] |
Length | 28 ft 11 in (8.81 m)[1] |
Width | 11 ft 3.5 in (3.442 m)[1] |
Height | 9 ft (2.7 m)[1] |
Crew | 5 (Commander, gunner, loader, driver, hull gunner) |
Armour | 152 mm (6.0 in) Front |
Main armament | QF 17 pdr with 89 rounds |
Secondary armament | 2 × 7.92 mm Besa machine guns |
Engine | Bedford Type 120 horizontally opposed 12-cylinder 350 hp (260 kW) |
Power/weight | 7 hp/ton |
Suspension | sprung bogie |
Operational range | about 100 mi (160 km) |
Maximum speed | 10.5 mph (16.9 km/h) on road 7.5 mph (12.1 km/h) off-road |
Tank, Infantry, Black Prince (A43) is the name that was assigned to an experimental development of the Churchill tank with a larger, wider hull and a QF 17-pounder (76.2 mm) gun. It was named after Edward, the Black Prince, son of Edward III and heir to the English throne.