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The most powerful tank engine available at that time was the German MTU MB 873 Ka-501 of the Leopard 2 and the Mk. 7 was designed to use this engine by using the chassis of the Leopard 2. In 1984 work commenced at Vickers Defence Systems on a new main battle tank which became the Mk. 7.
The Vickers MBT Mk 1 was designed to be a simple, low-cost, but effective tank. [2] The first prototype was completed in 1963. [2] In 1964, one of the prototypes was sent to India. The Vickers was made of welded rolled homogeneous armour plates. It weighed 38,600 kg, carried a 105 mm gun with 44 rounds and had a top speed of 48 km/h.
BL 8 inch Howitzer Mk 6 - 8, a Vickers gun from World War I; the Mk VII was introduced in 1916; Mark VII tank, a British tank design from World War I; BL 14 inch / 45 mk VII naval gun, Royal Navy gun from the 1930s.303 round Mk VII (1910): standard British Empire rifle and machine-gun cartridge in World Wars I and II. Tank, Light Mk VII also ...
Vickers was a pioneer in producing airliners, early examples being converted from Vimy bombers. Post-WWII, Vickers went on to manufacture the piston-engined Vickers VC.1 Viking airliner, the Viscount and Vanguard turboprop airliners and (as part of BAC) the VC10 jet airliner, which was used in RAF service as an aerial refuelling tanker until 2013.
V. Valentine tank; Valiant tank; HMS Vanguard (1909) HMS Vengeance (1899) Vickers .50 machine gun; Vickers 1.57-inch mortar; Vickers 40 mm Class S gun; Vickers A1E1 Independent
The tank was designed to overcome the shortcomings of insufficient armament in earlier light tanks that were fitted only with machine guns. [9] Vickers-Armstrong installed on the Mk VIIs a 40 mm (1.6 in) QF 2-pounder main gun paired with a 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Besa machine gun, and mounted the two guns in a two-man turret. The tank had a maximum ...
The Vickers Mk.11 Viper was a wheeled fire support vehicle, capable of carrying infantry and intended to carry out reconnaissance and long-range patrols. [17] The first prototype was derived from the Timoney CM-31 6x6 armoured personnel carrier with the front-end of the Valkyr fire-support variant.
In 1932 the design drawings and a list of details were ready but soon the work slowed down because the designers were put in charge of a just-bought British Vickers Mark E tank that led to the 7TP light tank which was developed soon after. On 14 September 1931, Poland bought 38 tanks Vickers Mk.E Type A, with spare parts and a manufacturing ...