Vickers Carden Loyd Commercial Light Tanks

[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.

[eddy8men]

might have a lead on the hull.
last year i acquired some vickers light hull plates and frame but gave them away to a chap that was keen to do light tank, should have kept them

[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:


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

[Hanno Spoelstra]

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




And a “Dutchman”:



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

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

See http://gallery.vondur.net/v/industri...02165.jpg.html for a picture of another survivor, in this case one of eighteen Vickers 4-ton tanks purchased in 1935 by Latvia. This one is one of six cannon-armed M1937, which were not delivered until 1938. This was the only survivor of the Soviet takeover of 1940 and the "Great Patriotic War" (WW2). Today it is resting at Kubinka tank museum where a sign tells that it's a "Latvian export tank".

Sole survivor of the Latvian order, “No. 204” then & now: