page_title: Light tanks of the United Kingdom
section_title: Tankettes
hierarchical_section_title: Light tanks of the United Kingdom / Development / Tankettes
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Tankette (Kleinpanzer) Carden-Loyd Mk.VI im Sveriges Försvarsfordonsmuseum - Arsenalen - in Strängnäs am 12.August 2011
context_page_description: The Light Tank Mark I to Mark V were a series of related designs of light tank produced by Vickers for the British Army during the interwar period.
  Between the First and Second World Wars, the British produced a series of similar light tanks. They saw use in training, and in limited engagements with British Empire units such as the South African Army during the East African Campaign of 1941. All were around 5 long tons in weight and capable of 30 mph on roads and around 20 mph cross-country.
  The British did not expect their light tanks to be used against anything except other light tanks at most and as such armament was a machine gun only—Vickers machine guns firing either a .303 inch or .0.5 inch round. Suspension was Horstmann coil spring on bogies. The engine was a Meadows six-cylinder petrol. Up until the Mk V, they were crewed by a driver-commander and gunner. The Mk V had a driver, a gunner and a commander helping on the gun.
  The various marks were produced in relatively small numbers.
context_section_description: Following the activities of the Experimental Mechanized Force in the late 1920s, the British Army identified a need for two light tracked vehicles; one to carry a machine gun for the infantry and one with a turret for the Royal Tank Corps. The Carden-Loyd tankette became the infantry vehicle, at the same time Carden privately developed a number of light, two-man tank designs. The Carden Mark VII design was accepted as a prototype for the army's light tank. By that point Carden-Loyd was part of Vickers-Armstrong. Only a few of the first light tanks were built and, although never issued per se, gave useful information for subsequent developments.
  The Mark VII was a small machine gun-armed vehicle with a 59 hp (44 kW) Meadows engine which gave it a maximum speed of 35 mph (56 km/h). Suspension was two 2-wheel leaf sprung bogies on either side with an external girder to give the suspension strength. Considered a reconnaissance vehicle and a mobile machine gun position, the Mark VI was the final stage of development of the Carden-Loyd series of tankettes. The Carden-Loyd tankette was the prototype for the Universal Carrier.
caption: A Carden-Loyd Mk.VI
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