Vickers Medium Mark I

Vickers Medium Mark I
Vickers tanks on the move in England in the 1930s
TypeMedium tank
Place of originUnited Kingdom
Production history
ManufacturerVickers
Specifications (Mk I)
Mass11.7 long tons
Length17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)
Width9 ft 1.5 in (2.781 m)
Height9 ft 3 in (2.82 m)
Crew5

Armour6.25 mm
Main
armament
QF 3 pounder gun (47 mm)
Secondary
armament
four 0.303 (7.7 mm) Hotchkiss M1909 Benét–Mercié machine guns
two 0.303 Vickers machine guns
EngineArmstrong Siddeley V-8 air-cooled petrol engine
90 hp (67 kW)
Transmission4-speed gearbox to a 2-speed epicyclic
Suspensionhelical spring
Operational
range
120 mi (190 km)
Maximum speed 15 mph (24 km/h)

The Vickers Medium Mark I was a British tank of the Inter-war period built by Vickers from 1924.


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