Vickers 6-ton
British light tank of the 1930s and WW2. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Vickers 6-ton tank or Vickers Mark E, also known as the "Six-tonner", was a British light tank designed in 1928 in a private project at Vickers. Though not adopted by the British Army, it was picked up by several other armed forces, and licensed by the Soviet Union as the T-26. It was also the direct predecessor of the Polish 7TP tank.
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Type | Light tank |
Place of origin | United Kingdom |
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Designed | 1928 |
Manufacturer | Vickers |
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Mass | 7.3 tonnes (7.2 long tons; 8.0 short tons) |
Length | 4.88 m (16 ft 0 in) |
Width | 2.41 m (7 ft 11 in) |
Height | 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) |
Crew | 3 |
Armour | 19 to 25 mm (0.75 to 0.98 in) |
Main armament | Type A 2 machine guns Type B 3-pdr (47 mm) gun (with 50 rounds) |
Secondary armament | Type B 1 Vickers machine gun |
Engine | Armstrong Siddeley petrol 80–98 hp (60–73 kW) |
Power/weight | 11–13 hp/t (8.2–9.7 kW/t) |
Suspension | leaf spring bogie |
Operational range | 160 km (99 mi) |
Maximum speed | 22 mph (35 km/h) |
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