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driver, gunner and commander, who also doubled as the radio operator, between 4 mm (0.16 in) and 14 mm (0.55 in) of armour, which could resist rifle and machine gun bullets, and its armament consisted of one water-cooled
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Italians late in 1940 with the 7th Armoured Division. At this time, the British had 200 light tanks (presumably Mk VIBs) along with 75 cruiser tanks (A9, A10,
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1231:. ABC-CLIO.
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296:Transmission
288:Power/weight
137:Manufacturer
92:Used by
29:
2080:New Zealand
1917:Bedford OXA
1372:M24 Chaffee
1323:Light tanks
574:during the
568:4th Hussars
536:Matilda IIs
392:light tanks
336:Operational
156: built
99:New Zealand
2129:Categories
2064:Australian
2060:lend-lease
1896:Guy Lizard
1812:Morris CS9
1703:Scout cars
1690:Scout cars
1473:Matilda II
1433:Challenger
1413:Covenanter
1364:M22 Locust
1092:References
972:5 December
467:War Office
364:light tank
309:Suspension
266:(Mk VIC –
61:Light tank
2058:American
2021:Schofield
2011:Excelsior
1912:Armadillo
1584:anti-tank
1544:artillery
1509:Grizzly I
1501:Grant/Lee
1483:Churchill
1478:Valentine
1468:Matilda I
1220:473687868
1210:(1972) .
751:Romania:
681:Oosthaven
544:salt pans
534:) and 45
515:Wehrmacht
506:Wehrmacht
478:(A9) and
405:Horstmann
255:Secondary
229:4 – 14 mm
148:1936–1940
97:Australia
2068:Canadian
2037:Tortoise
1884:vehicles
1675:Terrapin
1633:Kangaroo
1625:carriers
1449:Sentinel
1423:Cavalier
1418:Crusader
1262:Archived
1165:(1989).
1007:17 April
818:17 April
771:Sweden:
741:Poland:
721:Panzer I
719:Germany
709:See also
415:and one
257:armament
237:armament
164:Variants
145:Produced
127:Designer
2042:Valiant
1995:Avenger
1515:Sherman
737:Type 94
735:Japan:
701:Bandung
594:Gallery
540:Buq Buq
429:chassis
279:Meadows
268:7.92 mm
262:.303 in
2105:Portal
2072:Indian
1974:Alecto
1601:Archer
1591:Deacon
1574:Sexton
1566:Priest
1561:Bishop
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725:Italy
703:, 1946
584:Malaya
431:. The
300:Wilson
275:Engine
225:Armour
203:Height
187:Length
101:Canada
2074:, SA
2054:Key:
2032:TOG 2
2027:TOG 1
1922:Bison
1553:field
1438:Comet
1314:Tanks
779:Notes
763:T-37A
731:L3/35
727:L3/33
480:Mk II
338:range
195:Width
159:1,682
103:Egypt
2078:, ¶
2070:, §
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2062:, â€
1233:ISBN
1216:OCLC
1194:ISBN
1175:ISBN
1171:HMSO
1143:ISBN
1124:ISBN
1105:ISBN
1076:ISBN
1009:2018
974:2008
820:2018
767:T-38
759:T-27
745:and
743:TK-3
586:and
476:Mk I
400:Mk V
358:The
235:Main
211:Crew
177:Mass
108:Wars
57:Type
1962:AC4
1957:A20
1692:and
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