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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vickers 6-Ton tank canonical | 1 |
| Vickers Mk.E tank | 1 |
Statements (47)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Vickers Mk.E tank