Turret of Light Mark VThe Light Tank Mark V was the first light tank with a two-man turret to enter service. It was armed with a .303 and a .5 machine gun. The turret had a circular commander's cupola and was mounted on a ball race. The Museum exhibit has no armament, cupola or equipment other than the stand for the c... |
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Armoured Car, LeylandService : Irish Army, 1st Armoured Squadron, 5th Motor Squadron, 11th Cavalry Squadron (FCA), Republic of Ireland. The first Leyland armoured car was built in 1934, and this one was built some time between 1937 and 1939. It was based on a 6x4 Leyland Terrier chassis purchased from Ashenhurst of Du... |
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Car, 4x2, Light Reconnaissance, Morris Mark IAn Emergency Home Defence Vehicle When the British Expeditionary Force returned from France in June 1940 it abandoned virtually all of its vehicles. A massive rearmament programme got under way but in the meantime various manufacturers were encouraged to produce small armoured vehicles for defence a... |
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Tank Light, Mark IIAA two-man light tank of the early Thirties The first British light tank, the Mark I, evolved from the Carden-Loyd Carrier. The Mark II was produced in larger numbers and issued for service. Light tanks were regarded as an alternative to armoured cars with a better cross-country performance. New, ma... |
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Tank Light, Vickers Carden Loyd, Model 1936Built for export to the Dutch East Indies Following the First World War and experiments such as the Mechanised Force in England, tanks were seen as desirable weapons by many nations. Britain, in particular was seen as a leading nation in terms of tank design and use. Those nations that could not aff... |
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Stridsvagn M40/LSweden generally followed Germany in terms of tank design. Indeed in the years between the wars, when Germany was prevented from building tanks, it provided resources for the Germans. Even so Sweden, which has always maintained a highly developed armaments industry, had many unique ideas on the subj... |
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Armoured Car Crossley Mark IIn 1927 the Royal Army Service Corps developed and patented a six-wheel chassis for military vehicles. It was adopted by a number of manufacturers and used on the majority for British army lorries for the next decade. It was also used for some armoured cars since it gave a much better cross-country... |
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Armoured Car, Rolls Royce 1920 Pattern Mark IWithin weeks of the outbreak of war in August 1914 the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) was operating armoured cars in Flanders. They soon discovered that Rolls-Royces were the most durable and reliable and by Christmas of that year a new, turreted version had been built. This proved so successful tha... |
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Tank A1E1, IndependentOrdered to War Office specifications in 1922 The Independent finally appeared in 1926, to a revised design by Vickers-Armstrongs. It took part in the special demonstration for the Dominion Premiers in November 1926. Trials at Farnborough revealed that it was very difficult to steer, due primarily to... |
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Tank Light Amphibious, No 3Tanks, in theory, can go anywhere, which is why they are fitted with tracks. However they can be defeated by deep water unless landing craft or rafts are available. The idea of an amphibious tank, especially one that will float without the aid of temporary flotation devices, has attracted designers ... |
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D3E1 Vickers Wheel-cum-Track MachineFrom Mechanical Warfare Experimental Establishment. An experimental machine, designed to save track wear . Track wear was a serious problem for tank designers in the early years. Mud, sand, grit and hard road surfaces wore out tracks after a few hundred miles and they had to be replaced. Since no ... |
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