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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 ...
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 ...
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
A2E1 and A2E2: Medium Tank Vickers Mk I and Medium Tank Vickers Mk I (CS version) [2] A3 3-man tank (Royal Ordnance Factory); Carrier MG Mk I [3] A4 Vickers Carden-Loyd light tanks. See Light Tank Mk IV, A4E11 and A4E12 referred to the Vickers-Carden-Loyd Light Amphibious Tank: A5 Vickers Carden-Loyd 3-man light tanks.
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 ...
An American-West German joint project to develop a new main battle tank. Never entered service. Vickers MBT Mark 1: 1964 1965 United Kingdom: 376 38 t 535 hp 480 km British private venture design for export. 1965 India: 2,200 39 t 535 hp 530 km Vijayanta was the Indian license-built version of British Vickers MBT Mark 1. 1970 Kuwait: 70 38 t 535 hp