Vickers Carden Loyd Commercial Light Tanks

[zemsi]

... thanks Hanno. Problem already solved. I supplied George with some pics of the Meadows engine and drive train.

greetings
chris

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by zemsi

... thanks Hanno. Problem already solved. I supplied George with some pics of the Meadows engine and drive train.

That's great, could you share them here, too?

Here's a possibly comprehensive list of Meadows 6-cylinder engines used in Vickers Light Tanks:

Name | Cylinders | Fuel / Octane | Coolant | Capacity | Power (HP) | RPM
Meadows | 6 | Gasoline | Water | 4.43 liters| 88 | 3,000
Meadows EPT | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 58 | ..
Meadows EST | 6 | .. | Water | .. | 90 | ..
Meadows ESTB/A or ESTB/B | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 88 | ..
Meadows ESTE | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 88 | ..
Meadows ESTL | 6 | Gasoline | .. | .. | 88 | ..

Source: http://www.wwiivehicles.com/unitedkingdom/engines.asp

[George Moore]

Hi to you both, Chris and Hanno,
Yes some great information re the engine, an added bonus was some details of the gearbox.
The main difference with the MkVI series, the fan was driven by a seperate shaft.
The radiators were mounted over the engine, and a bracket held the fan unit, which had a gear-box that was driven by a shaft running along the engine. This transmitted the drive upwards.

The radiator takes up a lot of room in the engine bay, some museums are getting a bit picky, so to be able to photograph the engine in situ, the radiator would need to be swung up out of the way. As it has a limited movement, even then it would be difficult to photograph properly.

Thanks for all the help guys.

George.

[eddy8men]

found this turret on the net over xmas and will go and have a shufti for it some time. might even have a go at putting a Dutchman together

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by eddy8men

found this turret on the net over xmas and will go and have a shufti for it some time. might even have a go at putting a Dutchman together

Did you go after this turret?

I know of a Dutchman hull, although this was many years ago...

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Picture from a works album from Vickers Armstrong Ltd:

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http://tankdevelopment.blogspot.co.u...foreign_8.html

[eddy8men]

hanno I went to look for the turret but had no luck and no locals knew of it so might have been a wild goose chase although the farmer told me of a bofors next to a river nearby but that had also gone in the last couple of years
I did find the remains of a Cromwell on a range nearby but only just enough to fill 2 shopping bags ! the chunk of steel is the mantlet with a piece of bronze cradle still bolted to it.

rick

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

That site has not tagged this as such, but this is a Model 1936 for the Dutch order - read more about the "Dutchman" in use with the Netherlands East Indies here.

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Picture from a works album from Vickers Armstrong Ltd:

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http://tankdevelopment.blogspot.co.u...foreign_8.html