VICKERS-CARDEN-LOYD MK.IV LIGHT TANK
Apr 14, 2022
3 minutes
WORDS CRAIG MOORE
“THEIR MACHINE GUNS WERE FOR SELF-DEFENCE, BUT THEY COULD DECIMATE AN INFANTRY COLUMN AND DESTROY SOFT-SKINNED VEHICLES”
n 14 November 1932, Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd merged with Carden-Loyd and started to manufacture a range of light tanks that today are very misunderstood. These tanks were not built to fight other tanks. Armed only with machine guns, as part of a mechanised army they were designed to be fast reconnaissance tracked scout vehicles or used as
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