Vickers Medium Mark II tank
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The Vickers Medium Mark II tank was a British interwar medium tank that played a key role in developing armored warfare doctrine and influenced later tank designs.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vickers Medium Mark II tank canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British tank
ⓘ
interwar tank ⓘ medium tank ⓘ |
| armorThickness | up to 8 mm ⓘ |
| category | armored fighting vehicle ⓘ |
| combatUse | deployed in British garrisons overseas in the 1930s ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew | 5 ⓘ |
| designedBy |
Vickers-Armstrongs
ⓘ
surface form:
Vickers engineering team
|
| designedFor | mechanized warfare experiments ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Vickers Medium Mark I ⓘ |
| enginePower | 90 hp ⓘ |
| engineType | Armstrong Siddeley V-8 petrol engine ⓘ |
| era | interwar period ⓘ |
| hullConstruction | riveted armor ⓘ |
| influenced |
British armored warfare doctrine
ⓘ
Cruiser tank designs ⓘ |
| introducedFeature |
commander’s cupola on some variants
ⓘ
standardized radio fit in some vehicles ⓘ |
| layout |
central fighting compartment
ⓘ
front-mounted driver compartment ⓘ rear engine compartment ⓘ |
| mainArmament | QF 3-pounder 47 mm gun ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 24 km/h ⓘ |
| notableFor |
helping shape British armored tactics
ⓘ
influencing later British cruiser tanks ⓘ |
| operator | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| powerToWeightRatio | about 7.5 hp/tonne ⓘ |
| precededBy | Vickers Medium Mark I ⓘ |
| productionPeriod | mid-1920s to early 1930s ⓘ |
| role | developmental and training tank ⓘ |
| sawCombat | limited combat use in early World War II ⓘ |
| secondaryArmament | machine guns ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1925 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | A9 Cruiser Mk I ⓘ |
| suspension | leaf spring bogies ⓘ |
| trackType | steel tracks ⓘ |
| turretType | fully rotating turret ⓘ |
| usedBy | British Army ⓘ |
| usedFor |
doctrine development
ⓘ
training ⓘ |
| usedIn | British experimental mechanized force ⓘ |
| variant |
Vickers Medium Mark I
ⓘ
surface form:
Vickers Medium Mark II*
Vickers Medium Mark I ⓘ
surface form:
Vickers Medium Mark II**
|
| weight | approximately 12 tonnes ⓘ |
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