| Vickers-Carden-Loyd light amphibious tank | |
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| Type | Amphibious tank |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom |
| Service history | |
| Used by | see text |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Carden-Loyd Tractors Ltd. |
| Manufacturer | Vickers-Armstrong |
| Produced | 1931–1932 |
| Specifications (A4E11, A4E12) | |
| Mass | 2.17 long tons (2.20 t) |
| Length | 13 ft 4 in (4.06 m) |
| Width | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) over tracks |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Crew | 2 |
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| Armour | 11 mm (0.43 in) |
Main armament |
0.303 inch Vickers machine gun with 1,000 rounds |
| Engine |
Meadows petrol 6-cylinder 90 bhp |
| Suspension | Horstmann |
Operational range | 100 mi (160 km) |
| Maximum speed | 27 mph (43 km/h) on road; 3.72 mph (5.99 km/h) in water |
The Vickers-Carden-Loyd light amphibious tank (designated the A4E11 and A4E12 by the War Office),[1] was a series of British experimental pre-World War II light tanks (resembling tankettes), which, although not taken into British service, were sold to a number of other countries which produced modified versions which were then taken into service.
Users[]
Foreign buyers included China (29 or 32 tanks),[2] Thailand, the Dutch East Indies (two delivered in 1937)[3] and the USSR, with the latter producing some 1200 of the T-37A tanks developed from the A4E11/12. Poland was interested in Vickers-Carden-Loyd amphibious tanks in the 1930s, but negotiations failed and instead the PZInż works started the PZInż 130 project, an indigenous design inspired by the British concept.
Notes[]
- ↑ "British Light Tanks". http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/GreatBritain/BritishLightTanks.html.
- ↑ Ledwoch, Janusz (2009). "Vickers 6-ton Mark E/F vol. II". Militaria no. 325. Warsaw. pp. 28-29, 34. ISBN 9788372193254.
- ↑ Mahé, Yann (June 2011). "Le Blindorama : Les Pays-Bas, 1939 - 1945" (in fr). Caraktère. pp. 4–7. ISSN 1765-0828.
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