Yea, its cool but only feels a bit incomplete for now in the early alpha stages.
But wasnt that classification just to trick the British and circumvent the Versailles treaty? Figures 'pocket battleship' would be stronger than just heavy cruisers.
Russia has
cruiser heli carriers and
litteral half cruiser half carrier heli carriers but
how about these things made in the west? Were those both design types even made as early as the 60s anyway?
Look check these things outs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Cavalry_tanks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Light_tanks_of_the_interwar_period Some tanks are shared between the two above. So wiki kinda agrees with me earlier, on some cavalry tanks are the light tanks of the era. Also notice there are russian, french and german tanks in there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_classification#Light_tank
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_classification#Medium_tank
In there I like these quotes:
"The French World War II-era light tank (
Char Léger) types differed from other nations' light tanks of the period. Since they were intended to be used for infantry support rather than scouting, they were slower than most light tanks, giving it the weaknesses of the type, but with heavier armour. The French intended the AMR scout tanks (
Automitrailleuses de Reconnaissance) and armoured cars (
Automitrailleuses de Combat) for scouting and light combat roles."
But AMRs are also listed as cavalry tanks!!
"The French cavalry tanks (
Chars de Cavalerie) focused on speed in addition to power and protection of the other designs. They were similar to what other countries called medium tanks."
LOL French light tanks are comparatively as strong as other countries' medium tanks!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_classification#Infantry_tank
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infantry_tank#History
Above they first say infantry tanks are French and British inventions, but apparently also the Russians, Germans and US picked them up too according to the 2nd link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_classification#Cruiser_tank
Here in this link the cruiser tank class does appear to be indeed entirely British (not the infantry tanks tho), also its worth to notice how a Cromwell can be compared to a Panther.
So in conclusions:
Everyone has every kind of tanks apparently.
Cavalry tanks are light tanks powerful enough to be considered medium.
The cavalry and infantry/cruiser tanks, have been designed at the same time and died out to become the basis of the general medium tank class.
Cruiser tanks are British! God save the King/Queen!
