This tank had its first limited combat deployment at the end of 1942 during its landing in Madagascar (Operation Ironclad). Due to problems with engine cooling, its deployment in North Africa was abandoned. At that time, the tank was transferred from the position of a pile of scrap metal to new tasks, which were reinforced by airborne units with an armored vehicle providing them with fire support.
Built from 1936, is this design the last word in a series of light weakly armed and armoured tanks of the company Vickers Carden Loyd. The basis of this tank is the same as for Light Tank Mk V, but with reconstructed towers equipped with a wireless radio.
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