Vickers 6-Ton tank

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The Vickers 6-Ton tank was a British interwar light tank whose design became highly influential worldwide, serving as the basis for several other countries’ armored vehicles, including the Soviet T-26.

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Vickers 6-Ton tank canonical 1
Vickers Mk.E tank 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf interwar tank
light tank
armamentVariant single turret with cannon and machine gun
twin machine-gun turrets
category British light tanks
export tanks
interwar military vehicles
configurationVariant Type A
Type B
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
crew 3
designedFor export market
designedInPeriod interwar period
designer Vickers-Armstrongs
engineType petrol engine
era interwar era
influenced 7TP
Fiat M11/39 tanks
surface form: Italian M11/39

M13/40 medium tank
surface form: Italian M13/40

Soviet interwar tank designs
T-26
Type 95 Ha-Go
influencedDoctrine foreign light tank development in 1930s
inServiceWith British Army
surface form: British Army (trials only)
introduced 1928
manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs
notableFeature relatively low cost for export
simple mechanical design
twin-turret option
primaryRole infantry support
sawServiceIn 1930s
1940s
serviceEntry late 1920s
statusInUK not adopted as standard British Army tank
successorDesign Vickers Light Tank series
suspensionType bogie suspension
usedBy Bolivia
China
Finland
Poland
Soviet Union
Thailand
usedInConflict Chaco War
Invasion of Poland
surface form: Polish September Campaign

Winter War
World War II
weightClass 6-tonne class

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Vickers-Armstrongs notableProduct Vickers 6-Ton tank
Vickers-Armstrongs notableProduct Vickers 6-Ton tank
this entity surface form: Vickers Mk.E tank