Harland's prototype suffered from many engine and gearbox problem and the Dunkirk evacuation didn't help the project as when France lost the scenario of WWI trench warfare vanished. The four first prototypes designated A20 were delivered by Harland and Wolff in mid 1940, during the construction the armament was reconsidered by fitting either a 6pdr or a French 75mm gun in the hull but chose instead a 3-inch gun. So the specifications were to have at least a front armor of 60mm, a 15 km/h speed powered by a flat-12 Meadows engine and have at least a 40mm AT gun or a low velocity 95mm gun, in the end they chose a Matilda turret with a 2 pdr and a second 76mm gun in the casemate. First designed to be the successor of Matilda and Valentine infantry tanks, the tank had able to capable of navigating shell-cratered ground, demolishing infantry obstacles such as barbed wire and attacking fixed enemy defences (such as Siegfried Line's defenses) for these purposes, great speed and heavy armament were not required.
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