Vickers Valentine Tank

The gun fit into the turret but the coaxial machinegun and smoke bomb launcher were removed.

Vickers valentine tank. Its two man turret forced the commander to act as the loader. It was not a priority but received the endorsement of the war office after the dunkirk evacuation being produced in many versions steadily improved until the mk xi of 1943. De valentine tank officieel tank infantry mark iii valentine was een britse tank uit de tweede wereldoorlog het is de meest geproduceerde britse tank van de oorlog. Valentine s tank had to undergo a serious turret modification to receive a new turret.

Vickers original intention may have been to use parts of their valentine infantry tank where possible but this did not survive the production choices of the other manufacturers nor was the running gear of the far lighter valentine compatible with the needs of such heavy armour. Valentine mk ii operation crusader 1st army tank brigade december 1941. A valentine tank which was captured by the germans in 1942 and used by them until it was knocked out february 1943. The british world war 2 valentine tank nick name should not be confused with a romantic relationship the british army had with what was a successful design and represented 25 of the total tank production in the uk during world war 2 but rather the day vickers submitted its design to the war office.

308 the first model of the valentine. Toen het prototype verscheen was er enige discussie over de. Valentine mk ii 40th rtr middle east february 1940. The valentine was a private venture by vickers and ordered into production as war loomed.

Výsledkem bylo poměrně malé vozidlo se stísněným prostorem osádky a věží pro dva muže. The valentine was used both as an infantry tank and cruiser and unusually for a british tank was very reliable. Valentine i tank infantry mk iii. Using the valentine iii turret the vickers designers freed up space by reducing the turret to 2 man crew.

Iii valentine byl vyvinut na základě předchozího typu cruiser mk ii ve výrobním závodě vickers armstrong v roce 1938 konstrukční tým se pokusil kombinovat nízkou hmotnost rychlých tanků cruiser tank a silnější pancéřování tanků pěchotních infantry tank. Het prototype verscheen in 1938 als model van vickers armstrong hen werd gevraagd om een infanterietank te produceren op basis van hun cruiser mk ii a10 tank. Valentine mk ii hq 1st army tank brigade. Flame mortar fitted to valentine tank chassis firing phosphorus bombs.

Crew inside a valentine tank loading the 2 pounder gun. Infantry tank valentine ii in kubinka tank museum russia photo. Valentine mk ii lana turner late production version with the new roadwheels and 2 pdr mk v from an unidentified unit tripoli january 1943. Saiga20k cc by sa 3 0.