Light Tank Mk.VI ( English Light Tank Mk.VI ) - British light tank of the 1930s . According to the Soviet classification, it belonged to small tanks . The latest and heaviest model in the UK pre-war light tank line.
| Mk vi | |
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 MK VIB at Borden Base Museum | |
| Light Tank Mk VI | |
| Combat weight, t | five |
| Layout diagram | classic western |
| Crew | 3 |
| Story | |
| Developer | |
| Manufacturer | |
| The number of issued, pcs. | 1285 |
| Dimensions | |
| Body length mm | 3990 |
| Width mm | 2957 |
| Height mm | 2230 |
| Reservation | |
| Forehead of the body (top), mm / city. | 14 |
| Board of the case (top), mm / city. | 14 |
| Housing feed (top), mm / city. | 14 |
| Housing roof, mm | four |
| Tower forehead, mm / city. | 14 |
| Board towers, mm / city. | 14 |
| The feed of the tower, mm / city. | 14 |
| Armament | |
| Machine guns | 12.7 mm vs 7.7 mm Vickers |
| Mobility | |
| Engine type | carburet. liquid cooling. |
| Engine power, l with. | 88 |
| Speed on the highway, km / h | 58 |
| Cruising on the highway , km | 206 |
| Specific Power, l s / t | 17.6 |
| Suspension type | blocked, spring |
| Gradeability, hail. | 32 ° |
| The overcome wall, m | 0.6 |
| The overcome ditch, m | 1,5 |
VIA with 7.7 and 12.7 mm
Content
History
VIB in Latrun
It was mass-produced from 1936 to 1940 , a total of 1285 Mk.VIs were produced in various versions with a Meadows ESTB 6- cylinder liquid-cooled carburetor. During World War II, these tanks were used to a limited extent by British troops in battles until 1942 , some of them were also sold to other countries.
Modifications
Mk VIC with 15mm BESA
- Mk.VI - basic version, 81 copies.
- Mk.VIA - minor changes to the commander's turret and chassis, 115 copies.
- Mk.VIB - minor changes in the reservation and an arm for attaching an additional 7.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun.
- Mk.VI Indian version ( Eng.Mk VI India Pattern ) - 60 Mk VIA and 43 MK VIB without a commander’s turret, intended for delivery to Indian troops.
- Mk.VIC - 12.7 mm and 7.7 mm machine guns were replaced with 15 mm and 7.92 mm BESA machine guns , 129 units.
Mk.VIB - the most massive modification with 12.7 mm and 7.7 mm Vickers machine guns (2 900 7.7 mm rounds) |]]
Armed
ZSU AA-MkI with 4 7.92 mm BESA
- Great Britain
- India - 103 tanks.
- Egypt - 70 tanks.
- Canada - 24 tanks.
- Turkey - 13 tanks.
- Union of South Africa
- Australia
- Iraq - 1 tank.
Literature
- M. Baryatinsky. Armored vehicles of Great Britain 1939-1945. - M .: Model designer, 1996. - (Armored collection No. 4/1996).
Links
Great Britain's Light Tank Mk VI, Mk VIA, Mk VIB, Mk VIC . World War II Vehicles . Archived March 1, 2012.