Carden Loyd Tankette | |
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Type | Tankette |
Place of origin | United Kingdom |
Service history | |
Used by | See Service history |
Wars | |
Production history | |
Designer | Carden-Loyd Tractors Ltd. |
Manufacturer | Vickers-Armstrong |
Produced | 1927–1935 |
No. built | 450 |
Variants | Type 94 tankette, Type 92 Heavy Armoured Car, L3/33, L3/35, Universal Carrier, Panzer I |
Specifications (Mark VI) | |
Mass | 1.5 long tons (1.5 t) "battle weight" |
Length | 8 ft 1 in (2.46 m) |
Width | 6 ft 6.5 in (1.994 m) over tracks |
Height | 4 ft 0 in (1.22 m) |
Crew | 2 |
Armour | 6–9 mm (0.24–0.35 in) face-hardened |
Main armament | 0.303 inch Vickers machine gun with 1,000 rounds |
Engine | Ford Model T petrol 4-cylinder 22.5 bhp (16.8 kW) |
Transmission | Model T two-speed epicyclic |
Suspension | Bogie, four rubber-tyred wheels each side |
Fuel capacity | 10 imperial gallons (45 L; 12 US gal) |
Operational range | 100 mi (160 km) |
Maximum speed | 30 mph (48 km/h) on road |
The Carden Loyd tankettes were a series of British tankettes of the period between the World Wars, the most successful of which was the Mark VI, the only version built in significant numbers. It became a classic tankette design worldwide, was licence-built by several countries and became the basis of several designs produced in various countries.