Vickers 6 Ton

Medium Mark E - přehled variant
The British firm Vickers-Armstrong developed the "Six-ton tank" for export only in two variants:
- the single-tower Mark E Type B; - the twin-tower Mark E Type A.


The tanks were sold to Bolivia, Bulgaria, China, Finland, Poland, Portugal, Greece, the Soviet Union and Thailand.


The British 6-ton tanks were the template for the licensed production of Soviet infantry escort tanks T-26. An estimated 12,000 of all versions were produced between 1931 and 1941.


Other licensed modifications were Polish tanks, known as: the VAU-33 (Vickers-Armstrong-Ursus, 1933) and the 7TP (7-ton Polish). The Polish-looking abbreviations "dw" and "jw" are not part of the official tank designation, rather they are a fashion hit of Western European publicists.


British medium Tank, Mk.I & II at www.kithobbyist.com
Janusz Magnuski: Nowa technika wojskowa 1996/12/14-17, 1999/05/25-29, 1999/06/26-30,54
Mikhail Barjatinsky: Njepriznannyj Vikkjers, Modjelist-konstruktor 1992/11/09-12
Internet armor.kiev.ua
Mikhail Barjatinsky: Sputnik pjechoty. Lyogkiy tank T-26, Modjelist-konstruktor 1999/05/37-40

Vickers 6 Ton - Vickers-Armstrong 6-ton Tank, foto z internetových stránek Lemaire Soft

Vickers-Armstrong 6-ton Tank, foto z internetových stránek Lemaire Soft
Vickers 6 Ton - Výroba tanků Mark E Type A, foto z internetových stránek Derela republika

Výroba tanků Mark E Type A, foto z internetových stránek Derela republika
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Versions:
Vickers 6 ton Type A - twin-tower concept with two water-cooled machine guns
Vickers 6 ton Type B - the twin turret was fitted with a 47mm short barrel gun
Vickers 6 ton Type F - the two-seater turret from the Type B was redesigned to accommodate a radio

The tank pictured in the opening post is most likely a Vickers 6 ton Mark E Type B. These were used as training tanks by the British Army at the start of WW2. (see last photo in second post and photo below for comparison)

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Vickers 6 Ton - Neskoršia mierne upravená verzia používaná na výcvik osádok

Neskoršia mierne upravená verzia používaná na výcvik osádok
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přidám jednu fotku (je na ní vidět že tank je označen správně) ze stejného muzea, jen z jiné pozice.
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Vickers E v bulharskej armáde
4.9.1936 podpísal bulharský minister vojny s firmou Vickers-Armstrong kontrakt na dodávku ôsmych ľahkých tankov Vickers 6-ton Mk. E verzie B. Tank mal vo veži lafetovaný 47 mm kanón. no súčasťou dodávky nebol koaxiálny guľomet Vickers. Namiesto neho bol namontovaný ťažký guľomet Maxim. Bulhari za tanky zaplatili 35.598.000 leva. Tanky dorazili do Bulharska v dvoch dodávkach 4.1.1938 a 25.7.1938 a stali sa súčasťou 2. roty bojových vozidiel (dve čaty á 4 tanky). V bulharskej armáde niesli tanky pomenovanie "Vickers".


     
Registračné číslo
Výrobné číslo motora
Dátum zošrotovania1)
Poznámka
B 60015
H.E. 207
15.4.1945

B 60016
H.E. 208
15.4.1945

B 60017
H.E. 209
15.4.1945

B 60018
H.E. 210
15.4.1945

B 60019
H.E. 211
15.4.1945

B 60020
H.E. 212
15.4.1945

B 60021
H.E. 213
15.4.1945

B 60022
H.E. 214
15.4.1945



1)V závere ich životnosti boli všetky v stave 1. tankovej brigády a všetky mali byť v roku 1945 zošrotované. V skutočnosti boli zošrotované len 3 tanky, zvyšných 5 tankov bolo uložených v delostreleckom depe. Čo sa stalo s nimi v ďalšom období je neznáme.

Kaloyan Matev - The Armoured Forces of the Bulgarian Army 1936-45, Helion & Company, rok vydania 2015, ISBN: 978-1-909384-16-3
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Vickers 6 ton Mark F,
Another difference from the Type B version was the extension of the fighting area and thus a different slope of the armour plate over the engine. The louvres covering the cooling fan exhaust extended down to the intake level. These differences stand out by comparing photos of Finnish Vickers, for example, with photos of Vickers delivered to China. Another difference of the Finnish Vickers Mark F is the location of the turret, this was placed on the left, when viewed from the front. The machine on display at the Bovington Museum is therefore most likely a Vickers 6 ton Mark F.

Vickers Mk E's delivered to China also had a modified turret for radio mounting. I would tend to see the length of the fighting compartment and the slope of the plate covering the engine compartment as the main distinguishing feature between the E and F versions.
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