[ASLML] 3 lber Gun Question

[David Olie]

Gentlemen,

I believe you have your AFV somewhat confused here.


Paul wrote:
>
> > Actually the Mk II Medium Tank is the tank I am looking
> > at.  According to Ellis and Chamberlain it did see
> > action in NA during the late summer 40 through the
> > spring of 41.
This is the Vickers Medium Mk II.  It has never been represented in ASL
terms because (unless Paul is wrong) it never saw action in WWII.

JR wrote:
> Not sure I'd want to face even an M11/39 in one of those.
>
> It's an unholy terror in Siam Sambal, though - one of the many charms of
> that scenario is the Vickers duelling with the FT-17s - a real Junkyard
> War!
That tank is the Vickers 6-ton tank.  A very different beast.  Both were
designed by Vickers, but that's about where the similarity ends.  The
Vickers Medium (Mk I or II) was a much larger tank (13.5 ton vs. 6 ton), had
a higher velocity MA, had many more MGs, and had a larger crew.
The Vickers 6-ton tank was sold for export (to China, for example) and
served as the basis for the Polish 7TP designs, the Russian T-26, the
Italian M11/39, M13/40, et. al., the Czech LT vz 35, and so on.  A very
influential tank design, although the British Army never used them.
The Vickers Medium, OTOH, was never sold for export, although some of its
features showed up in the Russian T-28 and T-35.

> Hmm, I posted three times on this thread yesterday but no sign so far.
I got them earlier today.  The ASLML seems to be playing jokes again.

David "Mother-Vicker" Olie