Vickers Medium Mark II tank

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The Vickers Medium Mark II tank was a British interwar medium tank that played a key role in developing armored warfare doctrine and influenced later tank designs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British tank
interwar tank
medium tank
armorThickness up to 8 mm
category armored fighting vehicle
combatUse deployed in British garrisons overseas in the 1930s
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
crew 5
designedBy Vickers-Armstrongs
surface form: Vickers engineering team
designedFor mechanized warfare experiments
developedFrom Vickers Medium Mark I
enginePower 90 hp
engineType Armstrong Siddeley V-8 petrol engine
era interwar period
hullConstruction riveted armor
influenced British armored warfare doctrine
Cruiser tank designs
introducedFeature commander’s cupola on some variants
standardized radio fit in some vehicles
layout central fighting compartment
front-mounted driver compartment
rear engine compartment
mainArmament QF 3-pounder 47 mm gun
manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs
maximumSpeed 24 km/h
notableFor helping shape British armored tactics
influencing later British cruiser tanks
operator United Kingdom
powerToWeightRatio about 7.5 hp/tonne
precededBy Vickers Medium Mark I
productionPeriod mid-1920s to early 1930s
role developmental and training tank
sawCombat limited combat use in early World War II
secondaryArmament machine guns
serviceEntry 1925
succeededBy A9 Cruiser Mk I
suspension leaf spring bogies
trackType steel tracks
turretType fully rotating turret
usedBy British Army
usedFor doctrine development
training
usedIn British experimental mechanized force
variant Vickers Medium Mark I
surface form: Vickers Medium Mark II*

Vickers Medium Mark I
surface form: Vickers Medium Mark II**
weight approximately 12 tonnes

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Vickers-Armstrongs notableProduct Vickers Medium Mark II tank