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Carden Loyd M1931 amphibious tank (29) - purchased in 1935. Carden Loyd M1936 (4) - Light two-man tank, purchased in 1936. Renault FT (100+) - purchased from Poland & France in 1920s & 1930s. Panzer I (10) - purchased from Germany in 1930s. T-26 (88) - Licensed copy of British Vickers 6-ton Tank, purchased from Soviets in 1938. Vickers 6-ton ...
The worldwide economic difficulties of the 1920s and 1930s led to an increased emphasis on light tanks as they were much cheaper to produce than medium or heavy tanks. However, the Spanish Civil War showed that tank-versus-tank engagements and tank-versus-towed anti-tank gun engagements would now be a major consideration for the future of tank ...
The Carden Loyd tankette came about from an idea started, as a private project, by the British military engineer and tank strategist Major Giffard LeQuesne Martel. He built a one-man tank in his garage from various parts and showed it to the War Office in the mid-1920s. With the publication of the idea, other companies produced their own ...
Pages in category "Military equipment introduced in the 1920s" The following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
A Liberty tank was displayed In the Post Museum at Fort Meade in Maryland. The tank was made in 1920 at the Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. It was assigned to the 301st Tank Battalion (Heavy), later redesignated the 17th Tank Battalion (Heavy). Throughout most of 1921–1922, Major Dwight D. Eisenhower commanded this unit.
An Italian Carro Leggero 3/35 (L3/35) light tank. In 1925 British tank pioneer Giffard Le Quesne Martel built a one-man tank in his garage and showed it to the War Office, who agreed to production of a few (known as the Morris-Martel) for testing. The publicity caused John Carden and Vivian Loyd to produce their own.
M1917 tank at the Ropkey Armor Museum. The M1917 did not take part in any combat, but was used domestically in various riots to quell mobs such as the Washington race riot of 1919 and the 1920 Lexington riot. In June 1920 the Tank Corps was abolished as a separate branch, and control of tanks handed to the infantry.
It was largely a variant of the Medium Tank M1921, with some changes to use the same track suspension system that had been developed for the Medium Mark D. [2] The M1922 was initially the second tank in an order for two M1921s placed in April 1920 but the order was changed to one M1921 to the original design and one using the cable track system [2]