Vickers Medium Mark I | |
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Vickers tanks on the move in England in the 1930s | |
Type | Medium tank |
Place of origin | United Kingdom |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | Vickers |
Specifications (Mk I) | |
Mass | 11.7 long tons |
Length | 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) |
Width | 9 ft 1.5 in (2.781 m) |
Height | 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) |
Crew | 5 |
Armour | 6.25 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 |
Engine | Armstrong Siddeley V-8 air-cooled petrol engine 90 hp (67 kW) |
Transmission | 4-speed gearbox to a 2-speed epicyclic |
Suspension | helical 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.