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	A4, Light Tank Mk IIa
		A4, Light Tank Mark II Light Tank Mark II was introduced into service in 1930 as a direct development of Light Tank Mark IA. It was one of the first vehicles to have Cemented Tank Armour, a type of face-hardened armour which resulted in significant weight savings.
		This armour was used in all light tanks henceforth, up to Mk The leaf suspension of the Light Tank Mark I was replaced with Horstmann suspension with horizontally mounted springs.
		Light Tank Mark II was still in use as a training vehicle as late as 1940.
	www.geocities.com /gpmatthews/light2.html (238 words)

	Tank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tanks are also at a disadvantage in wooded terrain and urban environments, which cancel the advantages of the tank's long-range firepower, limit the crew's ability to detect potential threats, and can even limit the turret's ability to traverse.
		Tanks were first used in the First World War to break the deadlock of the trenches, and they evolved gradually to assume the role of cavalry on the battlefield.
		Since an immobilised tank is an easy target for mortars, artillery, and the specialised tank hunting units of the enemy forces, speed is normally kept to a minimum, and every opportunity is used to move tanks on wheeled tank transporters and by railway instead of under their own power.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tank (8988 words)

	Matilda tank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Tank, Infantry, Mk II, Matilda II (A12) (sometimes referred to as Senior Matilda or Matilda II) was a British tank of World War II.
		The Tank, Infantry, Mk II was designed at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich and built by Vulcan Foundry, as an improvement on the Mk I which was a two man tank with only machine guns for armament.
		Matilda II tanks remained in action until the last day of the war in the Wewak, Bougainville and Borneo campaigns, which made the Matilda the only British tank to remain in service throughout the entire war.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mk.II_Matilda (948 words)

	Cruiser Mk II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Tank, Cruiser, Mk II (A10), was developed alongside the A9, and was intended to be a heavier, infantry tank version of that type.
		In practice it was not deemed suitable for the infantry tank role and was classified as a "heavy cruiser".
		Tank, Cruiser, Mk II (A10 Mk I) Classified as a 'heavy cruiser' and 31 were sent to France with the 1st Armoured Division, but performed poorly in the following campaign.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cruiser_Mk_II (560 words)

	Classic Toy Tanks and Vehicles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		They were often accompanied by a light cannon, be it an antitank cannon like the 37MM and 57mm towed guns, a light howitzer similar to the 75mm gun, or a 105mm gun.
		Light artillery did not have the punch of the big guns, but the speed with which it could be deployed made a difference.
		Tanks: the epitome of vehicles for plastic soldiers, the tank is the star of the battlefield.
	www.thortrains.net /armymen/toytank1.html (1521 words)

	3rd County of London Yeomanry, (3rd Sharpshooters) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		One squadron of tanks co-operated with 5th Bn Home Guard (Surrey) in an exercise the purpose of which was to familiarise HG personnel with the advance of tanks against road block etc.1 Light Tank Mk VIb transferred to 9th Lancers.
		Light was failing and at 1750 the Regiment leaguered at 431391.
		Lt Col Jago's tank was involved in a collision and he was concussed and went to the rear, so Major Kitson 4th CLY took command of the composite Regiment with Major GGL Willis commanding 3rd CLY tanks which were taken in on two charges to 800 yards and out under smoke.
	www.warlinks.com /armour/3_cly/3cly_41.html (4423 words)

	Britain's Mk II Medium Tanks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Mk I, (A9) Mk II, IIA, IIA CS, (A10) Mk III (A13) Mk IV, IVA (A13 Mk II) Mk V, Covenanter (A13 Mk III) Mk VI, Crusader I, II, III (A15) Mk VII, Cavalier (A24) Mk VIII, Centaur (A27L) Mk VIII, Cromwell (A27M) Challenger (A30) Comet I (A34) Centurion (A41)
		Mk I, Matilda I (A11), Mk II, Matilda (A12) Mk III, Valentine Mk IV, Churchill (A22) Valiant Infantry Tank (A38)
		Mk II (Tropical): Five Mk IIs were modified by fitting a screen of asbestos onto the outer surfaces with a gap of 1.5" between the surface of the tank and the asbestos.
	www.wwiivehicles.com /unitedkingdom/tanks_medium/mk_ii.html (1215 words)

	Cruiser Mk II Information
		The Tank, Cruiser, Mk II (A10), was developed alongside the A9, and was intended to be a heavier, infantry tank version of that type.
		In practice it was not deemed suitable for the infantry tank role and was classified as a "heavy cruiser".
		Tank, Cruiser, Mk II (A10 Mk I) Classified as a 'heavy cruiser' and 31 were sent to France with the 1st Armoured Division, but performed poorly in the following campaign.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Cruiser_Mk_II (529 words)

	Canadian Armor
		Though this tank was not a battle winner in it's primary role, it proved itself useful in it's conversions.
		Compared to most British tanks when they first arrived in 1941, the M3s were extremely reliable and fast and sported guns and armor that were the equal of their British contemporaries.
		Tanks belonging to the 14th Armored Reg't, The Calgary Reg't (Calgary Tanks), were assigned to accompany and support the regiments of the 2nd Canadian Inf.
	mailer.fsu.edu /~akirk/tanks/can/Canada.htm (3365 words)

	Planet Company of Heroes
		To give the Mk II FT a little boost, you should have it use what it always had: a turret not soley dedicated to using it's flamethrower.
		It's punch wouldn't be much, and would need a good hit to the rear of the allied light tank to try and counter it, so it would have to be an anti-infantry/strongpoint/building tank, and it could probably easily flank a AT gun.
		These could probably flank or hide away from the light tanks, and a punch to the side or rear could do some great damage, but a rear shot to a Panzer II or Sherman would do little more damage than a mosquito.
	www.forumplanet.com /planetcompanyofheroes/topic.asp?fid=20007&tid=1960448 (1204 words)

	PT-76 Light Amphibious Tank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The tank has a classical arrangement design scheme with front driving compartment, middle - combat and the rear - engine-transmission compartment instead of all Soviet pre World War II period amphibious tanks.
		Tank is completed with a 5 gear manual transmission similar to the well known T-34-85 Medium Tank.
		Tank is fitted with a tank communication device, radio station, Nuclear, Biological, Chemical protection system, automatic fire extinguishing system, thermo smoke equipment, gyro compass and a night vision device.
	www.enemyforces.com /tanks/pt76.htm (1236 words)

	Army Technology - Pandur II 6x6 and 8x8 Light Armoured Vehicles
		The Pandur II 6x6 and 8x8 family of light armoured vehicles under development by the Austrian company, Steyr-Daimler-Puch, is a new variant of the successful Pandur armoured personnel carrier.
		The baseline version of the Pandur II is an infantry 6x6 armoured personnel carrier configured to carry a driver, gunner, and commander with six fully equipped troops.
		A fully amphibious Pandur II is fitted with two mechanically driven water jets and a hydraulically operated trim vane mounted at the front of the chassis.
	www.army-technology.com /projects/pandurII (1208 words)

	HobbyTerra - Excellent scale model kits
		ZIS-30 consist of the chassis light artillery tractor A-20 'Komsomolets' and 57-mm ZIS-2 anti-tank gun, was was mouting on the chassis with the minimum alterations...
		The PzKpfw 38(t) was a light tank, intended mostly for reconnaissance purposes, but at the beginning of World War II it was successfully used as a main battle tank...
		The Pz.II light tank was the main tank type of German army in the pre-war years...
	www.hobbyterra.com /brands.asp?item=Maquette (450 words)

	Vickers 6-Ton Tank (Mk. E)
		The novelty in the world was, that Type B tank was armed with a gun and a co-axial machine gun in a turret (called a "duplex mounting" at that time).
		Earlier tanks were either armed with only one weapon (like Renault family), or different weapons placed in different sides of turret, which were hard to be manned by one man. Duplex mounting allowed instant change between a gun or machine gun fire, depending on a target.
		The tank was of classic construction, with a combat compartment in the middle, and an engine compartment in the rear.
	derela.republika.pl /vae.htm (1992 words)

	Australia's Vehicle Index
		The General Staff in November 1940 put out specs for a tank that had 4-5 man crew, weighed 16-20 ton, had 50 mm armor, had speed of 30 mph, and would be armed with a 2 pdr and 2 MGs.
		Vickers Light Tank Mk V: 10 vehicles were purchased in 1936.
		Infantry Light Tank Mk II, Matilda III or IV: Received in 1942.
	wwiivehicles.com /australia (1484 words)

	T.W. "King Tiger" Battle Tank
		The inertial navigation system on her tank had a glitch in it and she had no idea where the other five tanks she was operated with were at.
		It was now only two against one with only moderate damage to her tank and he driver managed to reactivated the force field protecting the tank.
		The gunner of the tank she was spraying chose not to fire any more missiles, apparently fearing that the warheads would be detonated when launched.
	www.kitsune.addr.com /Rifts/Rifts-Earth-Vehicles/Technowizard/TW_King_Tiger_Tank.htm (4249 words)

	STAR OF ISRAEL: Merkava Mk 4 Main Battle Tank
		This magazine, like the ammunition storage compartments on the Leopard II and the M1 tanks, is blast-isolated from the crew to protect them in the event of an ammunition explosion.
		Both the gunner and tank commander can scan independently for targets, with the TC having the same battle override and target handoff capabilities as are found on the M1A2 and the Leopard II.
		In addition, the driver is provided with 360o situational awareness through the use of the "Tank Sight System." The TSS comprises 4 day/night video camera units, mounted in hardened armor shells, which the driver can use to observe conditions all around the tank.
	www.military.com /soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_Merkava,,00.html (1677 words)

	Polish Vickers Mk.E light tank - gallery
		This page is a supplement to the Polish Vickers Mk.E (6-ton) light tank page, containing miscellaneous photos of these tanks in the Polish service.
		The Polish Vickers E tanks on a parade, probably in 1937 (I can not say, if this is original colour, or colorized photo).
		The Polish Vickers tanks on a parade in 1937.
	pibwl.republika.pl /vickersg.htm (421 words)

	Tank - Wikimedia Commons
		en: A tank is a tracked and armored combat vehicle (armored fighting vehicle), designed primarily to destroy enemy ground forces by direct fire.
		Tanks are grouped by the country that they belonged to when in active service not the country the photos were taken in.
		Light Tank Mk VI in Yad la-Shiryon Museum.
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Tank (429 words)

	Australia's Vehicle Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The General Staff in November 1940 put out specs for a tank that had 4-5 man crew, weighed 16-20 ton, had 50 mm armor, had speed of 30 mph, and would be armed with a 2 pdr and 2 MGs.
		Vickers Light Tank Mk V: 10 vehicles were purchased in 1936.
		Infantry Light Tank Mk II, Matilda III or IV: Received in 1942.
	www.wwiivehicles.com /australia (2223 words)

	Matilda MK I / Mk II
		Matilda MK I / Mk II Matilda MK I / Mk II The idea of the 'infantry tank' first arose in April 1934 when the idea for a tank that could work well with infantry was proposed.
		This Mk I carried only a.50 cal machine gun and this limited armament led to the development of the MK II or A12 Infantry tank which had been designed in November 1936 with the mock up ready by April 1937.
		Although not easy to mass produce and very slow the MK II's very heavy armour made it virtually immune to anti tank weapons until the arrival of the German 88mm guns in mid 1941 and made the Matilda the Queen of the Desert in the Western Desert Campaigns in Libya in 1940.
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/weapons_matilda.html (246 words)

	Matilda; a British tank we grew to love and modify
		For its time, the Matilda II was a heavily armoured vehicle and it was particularly successful in the early years of WW II at Arras, France 1940 and in the Western Desert during 1940-1941.
		On this occasion, a tank assisting the infantry was engaged and disabled at a range of less than 50 meters, by a Japanese 37 mm gun.
		Originally, the tank was obtained from the Australian Government for the purpose of establishing it as a memorial in the park at the junction of Parramatta Road and Station Street in Ashfield.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-armour/allied/matilda.htm (1091 words)

	Military Tanks of World War II
		My criteria for inclusion were that the tanks selected had to be a major factor in the war, be produced in large numbers, and be effective in battle.
		Perhaps the most formidable tank of the war in one on one tank combat, the Tiger was not the best all-around tank in the German inventory.
		Sherman tanks served on all fronts during the war, even with the Red Army on the Eastern Front when it was supplied to the Soviet Union.
	www.chuckhawks.com /best_tanks_WWII.htm (1884 words)

	Tamiya America Item #32541 \| British Crusader Mk.I&II Tank - 1/48
		In the 1930’s, a British mission observed the field maneuvers of the Russian army and were impressed by the performance of some of their tanks, which were influenced by the designs of American Walter Christie.
		The British decided to develop their own fast “cruiser” tank for their army and their efforts eventually resulted in the Crusader.
		Tank treads are assembly type, with the upper section featuring realistic sag effect.
	www.tamiyausa.com /product/item.php?product-id=32541 (209 words)

	Egyptian Armor
		In 1939 a light tank unit was formed.
		The 'South Western Force' of Egyptian light tanks (six MK VIB), motorized units and a squadron of the Royal Egyptian Air Force covered the southern desert flank.
		The Frontier Force squadrons at Siwa were reinforced by four old British Vickers Medium Mk IIA tanks, with crews trained by the Royal Tank Regiment, and a flight of REAF Lysanders.
	mailer.fsu.edu /~akirk/tanks/egypt/Egypt.html (719 words)

	6 RTC in Egypt, 1933/38, Part 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		1936 saw 18 Light Tanks Mk III of 6 RTC despatched to Palestine by rail from Egypt to assist in controlling an arab revolt.
		At the end of 1936, 6 RTC returned to Egypt, and were to test Mk V and VI Light Tanks.
		Mk VI light tanks of the 7th Hussars can be seen in the next pictures which are of the Coronation Review in 1937.
	www.chrisevansbooks.com /6rtc2.html (215 words)

	25mm Badger MK II U/A
		Hillans were on a scouting mission in a Badger MK II, and were caught by surprise by an enemy scouting unit.
		The Badger MK II took heavy machine gun fire, and, as a result, Sgt. Hillans was slightly injured, as was Private Barclay.
		When Private Barclay was released from the field hospital, he took the new replacement Badger MK II, that was assigned to him and Sgt. Hillans, down to the Maintenance yard and proceeded to weld an armored cover for both himself, the driver, and Sgt. Hillans, the gunner.
	www.dldproductions.com /25bdgr2uacatpg.html (325 words)

	Allied Armoured Fighting Vehicles
		Whippet tanks were designed for use as raiders in conjunction with cavalry, Generally the Whippets were to precede the cavalry in order to silence machine guns, deal with wire and generally to pave the way.
		The tank was discovered in the Exhibition grounds in Toronto and obtained by General Worthington for the Armoured Fighting Vehicles Training Center from the directors of the CNE.
		The Infantry Tank MK 4 produced in 1941 was named Churchill, the Churchill being the first of a long series 04 successful tanks designed for the support of and co-operation with infantry.
	www.eagle.ca /~harry/vehicles/worth/allied.htm (1148 words)

	Arcane Fighting Vehicles - AFVs
		A13 Mk I, A13 Mk II, updated A13 Mk III Covenanter
		Tanks from Independent in 1926 until the end of WW II were mostly given 'A-number' General Staff (GS) ordnance designations.
		Other GS designations included B for tractors and carriers, D for armoured cars and L for light tanks.
	www.geocities.com /gpmatthews/index.html (208 words)

	Missing Links Peter Brown Morris Light Recce Car Mk I Article
		Armour protection was light, 14mm or just under a half-inch maximum on the hull, with the turret only 12mm and the roof a mere 8mm.
		With thin armour and light armament - the Boys rifle gave a nasty kick when fired but was not very effective against other than the lightest of opposition - the Morris does not seem to have had a distinguished career.
		The Tank Museum includes the Morris as one of its Plans Packs, which are a series of extracts from vehicle handbooks.
	www.missing-lynx.com /articles/britain/morris/pbmorris.htm (2731 words)

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