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    Mk VI was a British light tank, produced by Vickers-Armstrongs in the late 1930s, which saw service during the Second World War. The Tank, Light, Mk VI...
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    infantry version. MK II: 16 built by Vickers Armstrong from 1929 Mk IIA: 29 constructed at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich Mk IIB: 21 built by Vickers-Armstrong The...
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    by Vickers-Armstrongs. Besides one-man vehicles they also proposed two-man vehicles which turned out to be a more effective and popular idea. Vickers-Armstrongs...
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    independently and replacing Vickers' own turrets developed for the aircraft. The Vickers-built ventral turret of the Mk I was replaced by a Nash & Thompson-built...
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    The Vickers machine gun or Vickers gun is a water-cooled .303 British (7.7 mm) machine gun produced by Vickers Limited, originally for the British Army...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 6-inch Mk II–VI naval gun
    follows : 12 BLC guns Mk I/IV became 8-inch howitzer Mk I 6 BL Mk IV and VI guns became 8-inch Howitzer Mk II 6 BL MK IV and VI guns, but adapted for...
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    Vickers) just after the war. These guns were part of a project started in mid-1942 to develop a more powerful airborne anti-tank gun than the Vickers...
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    The Vickers 6-ton tank or Vickers Mark E, also known as the "Six-tonner", was a British light tank designed in 1928 in a private project at Vickers. Though...
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    Crusader, in full "Tank, Cruiser Mk VI, Crusader", also known by its General Staff number A.15, was one of the primary British cruiser tanks during the...
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    cylinder. The Webley Mk I service revolver was adopted in 1887 and the Mk IV rose to prominence during the Boer War of 1899–1902. The Mk VI was introduced in...
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    with the Mk VI, leading to the recoil system not functioning correctly. A Commission went to France to investigate, and a special level "Vickers platform"...
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    Cruiser, Mk IIA (A10 Mk IA) The coaxial Vickers machine guns were replaced with BESA machine guns. Armoured radio housing added. Tank, Cruiser, Mk IIA CS...
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    The Vickers .5 inch machine gun (officially "Gun, Machine, Vickers, .5-in") also known as the Vickers .50 was a large-calibre British automatic weapon...
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  • can be abbreviated "Mk." Mark VI or Mark 6 may refer to: Mark VI (tank), a British tank design from World War I Vickers Mk.VI light tank, a British...
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  • Warwick B Mk.II or Vickers Type 413 –; bomber prototype, only one example built, converted from a Warwick B Mk.I. Warwick GR Mk.II or Vickers Type 469...
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    was just an in-house codeword of Vickers with no other significance. The Valentine started as a proposal based on Vickers' experience with the A9 and A10...
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    specification A13 Mark III) Mk IVA (AC Mk IIA) The .303 Vickers machine gun was replaced with 7.92-millimetre (0.312 in) Besa machine gun. The MkIVA featured a new...
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    the chassis of captured British Vickers Mk.VI light tanks to mobilize his guns. His 10.5 cm leFH 16 Geschützwagen Mk VI 736 (e) was the forerunner to German...
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    The Vickers Medium Mark II was a British medium tank built by Vickers during the interwar period of the First and Second World Wars. The Medium Mark II...
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    pounder gun and a coaxial Vickers machine gun, there were two small turrets either side of the driver's compartment, each with a Vickers machine-gun. Both of...
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    The Vickers Virginia was a biplane heavy bomber of the British Royal Air Force, developed from the Vickers Vimy. Work on the Virginia was started in 1920...
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    became the PR Mk III. The Type D became the PR Mk IV. The Type E became the PR Mk V. The Type F became the PR Mk VI. The Type G became the PR Mk VII. In all...
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    the QF 1-pounder Maxim gun produced by Vickers. It was a 40 mm calibre gun with a water-cooled barrel and a Vickers-Maxim mechanism. It was ordered in 1915...
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    the tanks were quickly produced in their Christchurch workshops. The Vickers Mk VI British Light Tank was initially supplied to the New Zealand forces...
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    Vickers company, the Canadian Vickers Vedette was a three-seat single-engine pusher biplane. The design was passed to the subsidiary Canadian Vickers...
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    and another fixed. The fixed mounting allowed more powerful ammunition, Mk. VI, which gave vastly increased performance. Six variants of the two designs...
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  • tankette Cruiser Mk I Cruiser Mk II Vickers 6-ton Light Tank Mk VI Valentine Vickers MBT (and under licence in India as Vijayanta) Vickers formed its Aviation...
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    howitzer. Mk I used barrels from BLC guns Mk I/IV; Mk II & III used barrels from BL Mk IV or VI; Mk IV used BLC Mk I/VI adapted for Mk IV carriage; Mk V used...
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    the PR Mk Xs and most PR Mk XIs. Like the Mk VI, the Mk VII was a high altitude pressurised variant, this time powered by the Merlin 64 (F. Mk. VII) or...
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  • prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. In 1939, equipped with Vickers Mk.VI light tanks, it deployed to France with the British Expeditionary Force...
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