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UNIQUE ID 1566: VICKERS 6-TON LIGHT TANK

The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Britain

(Location: Tank Story Hall)


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Unique ID: 1566
Added to Database: 22 February 2011
Last Edited: 20 March 2012
Type (ID): Vickers 6-ton (3015)
Model (ID): Vickers 6-ton (3015)
Location Category (ID): The Tank Museum - Public Areas (3000)
Location (ID): Tank Story Hall (3004)
Serial Number: 1985.
Registration: T10674.
Name:
Other Identification: Painted overall in a green, brown and sand camouflage scheme, as adopted by Vickers for their commercial designs. (Previously painted overall green).
Collection Reference: E1952.28. (Accession 2852, Entry 1952.1015).
Links: Museum Vehicle Record
References:
Associated Tanks:

Location History:
(see map)

1: Vickers-Armstrongs Limited, Elswick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North East England, Britain (Sole manufacturer 1934-8)
2: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)


Text in original Preserved British Tanks publication:

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Text in Preserved British Tanks Update:

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Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication:

The British Army never ordered any of this type, Type B, but on the outbreak of war in September 1939, it took over several of those which had been built for other nations and used them in the training role for the rest of the war. This one was saved because it was one of those taken over, and was put on the museum books in 1952. It is a mixture of Mark F hull design and Mark E mechanics. It is not fitted with its original gun and mantlet. It had previously been on display in a tableau of a Vickers-Armstrong commercial tank stand with the Vickers Dutchman light tank in the Inter-War Hall.


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March 2011

Front right view
1: Front right view

Taken: 7 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 6834
Added: 18 March 2012
Filename: 55342836...
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Front right view
2: Front right view

Taken: 7 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 6835
Added: 18 March 2012
Filename: 55337026...
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Front left view
3: Front left view

Taken: 7 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 6836
Added: 18 March 2012
Filename: 55342840...
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October 2008

Upper rear left view
4: Upper rear left view

Taken: 30 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 4537
Added: 22 February 2011
Filename: P1040200...
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Upper rear left view
5: Upper rear left view

Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 4536
Added: 22 February 2011
Filename: P1030291...
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Rear view
6: Rear view

Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 4709
Added: 28 March 2011
Filename: P1030278...
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October 1982

Front left view
7: Front left view

Taken: 26 October 1982
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6702
Added: 6 February 2012
Filename: Scan_Vic...
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