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VICKERS-CARDEN-LOYD MK.IV LIGHT TANK

“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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