With war clouds gathering; the British general staff ordered the acceleration of their cruiser tank programme – fast. reliable and reasonably armoured fighting vehicles that exploit weak points in the enemy lines and spearhead breakthroughs. One of the successful designs was the Tank; Cruiser; Mk VI Crusader; more commonly known simply as the Crusader.

Armed with a 2-pdr main gun and later upgraded to a 6-pdr; it also had a co-axial machine gun. The Mk I carried a small hand-traversed turret armed with a Besa machine gun in the front hull although this was often removed or left unmanned by the unimpressed crews of the Mk I and Mk II.

The Mk I and Mk II variants of the Crusader primarily saw action in the Western Desert where they would symbolise the British armoured formation in the desert; with their speed lending themselves so well to the highly mobile nature of the war in the desert and the traditional cavalry tactics the British employed.

Contains one resin & metal Crusader Mk I/II tank; Bolt Action stat card; vehicle damage markers; full-colour decal sheet and Bolt Action Order dice.