During the early years of tracked carrier development in the late 1930’s there were initially several different types of vehicle that varied slightly from one another according to their design ....
Developed by Vickers in the late 1930’s the ‘Infantry Tank Mk.III, Valentine’ was designed as a tank to support infantry operations, and over the course of the Second World War over 8200 of the type ....
Designed by the Special Operations Executive (SOE), Britain’s wartime covert espionage and sabotage organisation, and built by Excelsior Ltd in Welwyn (Hertfordshire), the Welbike foldable motorcycle ....
Conceived by Vivian Loyd as an unarmed and lightly protected general- purpose vehicle, the design was tested in early 1939 by the British Army, who immediately placed an order for 200 units. ....
During the early phase of the Second World War, many British tanks were equipped with the QF 2-pounder gun which had entered service in 1936, and it was also the primary British anti-tank weapon of ....
Originally designed in the 1930s and introduced to Royal Artillery units in 1937, a significant number of the Quick Firing 3.7” AA guns were received in New Zealand from Britain in 1942. In total, ....
Just as the 18-Pounder field gun and 4.5” Howitzer had been developed following the British Army’s experience during the Second Boer War at the end of the 19th century, so too the QF 25-Pounder was ....
The first lightweight tracked carrier vehicles built by Vickers-Armstrong in 1934 were designed to carry a machine gun and its crew, or for towing light field guns. Subsequently the design was ....
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