Vickers-Carden-Loyd light amphibious tank | |
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Type | Amphibious tank |
Place of origin | United Kingdom |
Service history | |
Used by | see text |
Production history | |
Designer | Carden-Loyd Tractors Ltd. |
Manufacturer | Vickers-Armstrong |
Produced | 1931–1932 |
Specifications (A4E11, A4E12) | |
Mass | 2.17 long tons (2.20 t) |
Length | 13 ft 4 in (4.06 m) |
Width | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) over tracks |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Crew | 2 |
Armour | 11 mm (0.43 in) |
Main armament | 0.303 inch Vickers machine gun with 1,000 rounds |
Engine | Meadows petrol 6-cylinder 90 bhp |
Suspension | Horstmann |
Operational range | 100 mi (160 km) |
Maximum speed | 27 mph (43 km/h) on road; 3.72 mph (5.99 km/h) in water |
The Vickers-Carden-Loyd light amphibious tank (designated the A4E11 and A4E12 by the War Office),[1] was a series of British experimental pre-World War II light tanks (resembling tankettes), which, although not taken into British service, were sold to a number of other countries which produced modified versions which were then taken into service.