British tanks, failure

Britain was by no means as backward in her capacity to wage war as critics such as Barnett have made out. While one can point to shortcomings, the overall impression is one of a formidable military-scientific-industrial complex. Nor were servicemen conservative either in their requirements for new weapons systems or in the doctrines for their use. The quality of British arms varied but most matched the best that Germany could produce, and some, for example strategic bombers, were better. There were failures, notably unreliable tanks, but failures tended to be the result of trying to do too much too quickly, and the improvement of British tanks by 1945 deserves as much attention as earlier defects. 

The failures of ihe two British tanks were trailed o lia -vs in the welds in the shell. In the case of the crudci-oii rtoragi tank, the flaw initiating failure was inconiplete penetration in % weld probe replac ent located acrt>ss th IIf si hoii-zohipii Wded joint,. he crack progressed versa idiv in... 

---