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British Wheels and Tracks in View

Matilda IIs, North Africa. Matilda II. Matilda II, North Africa. Matilda IIs, North Africa. Matilda II, North Africa. A reactivated Vickers Medium Mk II serving with the Royal Tank Regiment in 1940. Two Vickers Medium Mk II tanks and a Morris reconnaissance car during maneuvers on Salisbury Plain in 1939. Vickers Medium Mark I tanks on maneuver somewhere in England, in 1930. The staple of the British armored force in the interwar period, the Vickers Medium Mk I. This vehicle serves with the Royal Tank Regiment in Essex, in 1939. Another British technical innovation served the artillery in a fully motorized British Army, this Light Dragon tractor tows a 3.7in howitzer of the Royal Horse Artillery in 1938. Developed from the Vickers 6-ton, 12 Dragon and Light Dragons served from 1928, but wheeled vehicles such as the Morris Quad and AEC Matador trucks became the standard British artillery tractors ahead of the looming war. A38 Valiant infantry tank. Universal Carrier 2-pdr. June 19, 1944...