Date: January 1997
This vehicle was photographed at the Musee des Blindes in Saumur. Continue reading
Light Tank Mark VIB – Part 2
Tag Archives: Light Tank Mk VI
Light Tank Mark VIA
Date: April 2011
Main identification points:
- Mantlet fitting for Vickers, not BESA armament, therefore not VIC.
- Return roller attached to hull, not forward bogie, so not a straight Mark VI, must be either VIA or VIB.
- “Easiest” point of difference between Marks VI & VIA versus VIB are the armoured engine louvres – two separate louvres for VI & VIA, and one for the VIB.
- Octagonal commanders cupola, not round, therefore Mark VIA as opposed to a Mark VIB.
And, of course, the nice close up of the vehicle data plate!!! Continue reading
Light Tank Mark VIB – Part 1
Contributed by: Photographer via AMMS
Date: January 2006
Notes by Peter Hartup
One of our members was recently deployed in Iraq, and discovered a veritable “Aladdin’s Cave” of historic armoured vehicles at the former Iraqi army base at Taji (Camp Cook). Continue reading