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Cromwell KRIH is a British Recon unit added in Back to Hell.

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Main article: Cromwell tank

One of the cruiser tanks developed and employed by Great Britain, named after Oliver Cromwell, the A27M Cruiser entered service in 1944. The result of a long and complicated development history starting in 1940, the Cromwell was intended to be a replacement for the then-new Crusader as the A24 Cromwell. By 1942, different design ideas by the major British tank designers culminated in three different variants: The Nuffield A24 Cromwell I (eventually renamed Cavalier), Leyland A27L Cromwell II (Centaur), and the BRC&W A27M Cromwell III.

The Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon eventually became the Cromwell tank as it came to be known. Changing production circumstances and tactical requirements burther modified the design, leading to the inclusion of dual-purpose 75mm tank guns based on the performance of Lend-Lease M4 Shermans. Further improvements and modifications of the Cromwell until the first production variant, Cromwell IV, entered service. The distinguishing feature was the 600 HP Rolls-Royse Meteor aircraft engine, which gave the Cromwell an excellent power-to-weight ratio and made it the fastest tank in British service.

The IV was a Centaur hull with the Royal Ordnance Quick Firing 75mm tank gun (a 6-pounder gun bored out to accommodate rounds for the M4 Sherman) with a coaxial 7.92mm BESA machine gun and another in the hull. A bomb projector was mounted on the roof of the turret for deploying smoke. Armor was up to 76mm on the front and 8mm in the rear. Command tanks were outfitted with more powerful radios to coordinate tank platoons.

8th King's Royal Irish Hussars served as the Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment of the 7th Armored Division during the European theater. 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars served as a original Units of the Light Armoured Brigade what will become 7th Armoured Brigade. Like their Guards Armoured counterparts of 2 Welsh Guards, 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars were equipped with three squadron of Cromwell cruiser tanks along with a troop of Stuarts light tanks. The Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment concept was a failure since the Normandy campaign was not what the Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment were effective in.

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