The A34 Comet was developed from the Cromwell tank in 1944, and saw service in the closing months of the war. It was the last of the “cruiser“ tanks, which were originally intended to be highly mobile, thinly armored, and armed well enough to defeat lightly armored vehicles and infantry targets.

While the Comet began production in 1944, only a few reached front-line troops by March 1945.

The vehicle on display was donated by the British Armour Museum, and was renovated by a British working group in 1992.