Vickers Carden Loyd Commercial Light Tanks

[eddy8men]

SUCCESS a local chap heard of the turret and has got in touch with me and is taking me to see it next sunday.
i love it when a plan comes together

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by eddy8men

SUCCESS a local chap heard of the turret and has got in touch with me and is taking me to see it next sunday.
i love it when a plan comes together

Excellent - can't wait to see it!

H.

[eddy8men]

thanks hanno i'll put some pics up next weekend

[eddy8men]

it's still there but has deteriorated a little from the pics i initially saw on the web. i've emailed the landowner for permission to recover it and don't see any issues once i get the go ahead as access is very good and thing only weighs about 100 kg. i did look for the rest of it underneath but wasn't that fortunate

if all goes to plan i'll get it back to the workshop this month and dry it out before tacking it back together while i decide what to do with it.

[Jon Bradshaw]

Are there any Dutchman tanks left out there in need of restoration? I made a repro of the Latvian one here in Canada because there was no chance of finding one over here. The turret you are recovering is a small piece to start building a tank around but it could be done. People have done more with less.

The original question about what the differences are in the tanks from 33-37 seems to be the preference of the Country that they were destined for. Different headlights, turret, radiator covers and the like are the obvious things. I spent many months pouring over the internet for research before I made my build. The differences inside are not well documented anywhere I could see. The Swiss one (pictured earlier in this thread) had it's entire engine bay cleared out and they left it open (fire wall removed) so when you look inside it is a very spacious hull! Argentinian hulls have a different radiator opening at the back with a pronounced sheet metal cover over the "steps" where the rad blows out the hot air.

[eddy8men]

i'm lucky that we have an example at the tank museum, so a visit is on the cards.

[colin jones]

That would be a great project and certainly a wonderful find. You just never know Rick, the bottom part might just turn up. Well done.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Vickers-Carden-Loyd advert for the version sold to Latvia:

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And a “Dutchman”:

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Via Craig Moore

[zemsi]

Here are the technical details of the Swiss Panzerwagen 34/35:
https://militaerfahrzeuge.ch/unterka..._13_10_43.html

There are two survivors, one in the "Sammlung historische Panzer" in Thun (partially restored, no engine), the other one disassembled, waiting for restoration in Burgdorf.


Vickers 34 M-7305 by Massimo Foti

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Hello Chris!

Good to see you back, hope all is well with you.

I know of the two survivors as you stated, I thought 7305 was the runner and 7304 the donor but I understand it will be the other way.

Also found the Swiss VCL tanks listed here: http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving...dium_Tanks.pdf