VICKERS MK6B's resto

[Ian Fawbert]

Hi Colin.

I’m not sure if these are the same tanks as yours, but from the 5.45m mark onwards they feature a lot. I couldn’t easily see if this has been referenced prior in this thread, apologies if it has.

It’s an Australian War Memorial film, F01234
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C188837

Thought it might be of use in your rebuild.

Regards, Ian.

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Ian Fawbert

Hi Colin.

I’m not sure if these are the same tanks as yours, but from the 5.45m mark onwards they feature a lot. I couldn’t easily see if this has been referenced prior in this thread, apologies if it has.

It’s an Australian War Memorial film, F01234
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C188837

Thought it might be of use in your rebuild.

Regards, Ian.

Hi Ian,
These tanks on the film appear to be Vickers Light Tanks Mark V. The tanks that Australia had were 10 off, Mark VIA and used for training in Australia, 5 went to NSW and 5 to Victoria.
I had involvement with the restoration of one of these and researched the history of it, and it now resides in a museum collection in the USA.

regards, Richard

[Ian Fawbert]

Hi Richard.

Thanks for the information on the ones in the film.

I did try to compare with the photos I could see, but still wasn’t sure hence posting.

Anyway, back to looking for them some more!

Thanks, Ian.