Vickers-Carden-Loyd Light Amphibious Tank

Vickers-Carden-Loyd Light Amphibious Tank

Type	Amphibious tank
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Service history
Used by	see text
Production history
Designer	Carden-Loyd Tractors Ltd.
Manufacturer	Vickers-Armstrong
Produced	1931–1932
Specifications (A4E11, A4E12)
Weight	2.17 long tons (2.20 t)
Length	13 ft 4 in (4.06 m)
Width	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) over tracks
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Crew	2

Armour	11 mm (0.43 in)
Main armament	0.303 inch Vickers machine gun with 1,000 rounds
Engine	Meadows petrol 6-cylinder 90 bhp
Suspension	Horstmann
Operational range	100 mi (160 km)
Speed	27 mph (43 km/h) on road; 3.72 mph (5.99 km/h) in water

The Vickers-Carden-Loyd Light Amphibious Tank (designated the A4E11 and A4E12 by the War Office),^[1] was a series of British experimental pre-World War II light tanks (actually resembling a tankette, which though not taken into British service were sold to a number of other countries which produced modified versions which were then taken into service.

Foreign buyers included China, Thailand, the Dutch East Indies and the USSR, the latter producing some 1200 of the T-37A tank developed from the A4E11/12. Poland was interested in Vickers-Carden-Loyd amphibious tank in the 1930s, but negotiations failed and instead the PZInż works started the PZInż 130 project, an indigenous design inspired by the British concept.

Notes

↑ British Light Tanks

Interwar tanks

List Category

Tankettes	L3/33 L3/35 Carden Loyd Morris-Martel T-27 TKS Type 92 tankette Type 94 tankette Type 97 Te-Ke Tančík vz. 33 AH-IV

Light	H35 R35 Fiat 3000 Leichttraktor Light Tanks Mk I–V Light Tank Mk VI Light Tank Mk VII M1 Combat Car M2 Light Tank Panzer I Panzer II LT vz. 34 LT vz. 35 LT vz. 38 T1 Light Tank T7 Combat Car T-18 T-13 T-15 T-19 T-26 T-37 T-38 7TP Type 95 Ha-Go Vickers 6-Ton Vickers-Carden-Loyd Light Amphibious Tank

Medium	Char D1 Char D2 Grosstraktor Medium Mk I Medium Mk II Medium Mk III Panzer III T-24 T-28 Type 89 I-Go Type 97 Chi-Ni Type 97 Chi-Ha Type 98 Chi-Ho

Cavalry, Cruiser or Fast	AMC 34 AMC 35 AMR 33 AMR 35 BT tank Cruiser Mk I Cruiser Mk II Cruiser Mk III SOMUA S35

Infantry	FCM 36 Infantry Mk I, Matilda Renault R35 T-26 Type 89 I-Go

Heavy	Char B1 Neubaufahrzeug SMK T-35 T-100 Type 95 Heavy Tank Vickers A1E1 Independent

Super-heavy	FCM F1 Char 2C T-42

Armoured Carriers	UE Chenillette Bren Gun Carrier

Tank history classification WWI Interwar WWII Cold War Post–Cold War

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