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Vickers Argentine Model 1938 tank

Light Tank Vickers "Argentine Model" 1938
File:Vickers Modelo Argentino 1938 - 9 July 1938 Parade.gif
Argentine "Vickers" Tank Model 1938, in the preliminaries to the military parade on 9th July 1938
TypeLight tank
Place of origin United Kingdom
Service history
Used by Argentina
Production history
DesignerVickers-Armstrongs
Designed1934
ManufacturerVickers-Armstrongs
No. built12
Specifications
Mass3.8 tonnes
Length3,62 m
Width1,89 m
Height1,88 m
Crew2 (commander, driver)

Armor4 mm sides, 9 mm front and turret
Main
armament
1 Vickers CT machine gun, water cooled, caliber 7,65 mm, rate of fire 550 a 600 rounds/minute, with TBC rounds
EngineRolls Royce, 6 cylinders, gasoline
50 hp @ TBC rpm
Power/weightTBC hp/tonne
SuspensionHorstmann inclined springs
Operational
range
140 km
Maximum speed 48 km/h

The Vickers "Argentine Model 1938" tank was a variant of the Vickers Carden-Lloyd Commercial model 1934 light tank developed in United Kingdom during the interwar period for Argentina. It was the first tank used by the Argentine Army, serving between 1938 and 1946.

Design

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History

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Operators

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Survivors

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No example is knowm to have been preserved. A scale model from the 1930s exist in the collection of the "Museo de Armas de la Nacion" in Buenos Aires.

See also

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Footnotes and citations

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Bibliography

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  • (in Spanish) Sigal Fogliani, Ricardo Jorge, Blindados Argentinos, de Uruguay y Paraguay, Ayer y Hoy Ediciones, Buenos Aires, 1997. ISBN 987-95832-7-2.

Further reading

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  • Rauch, Georg V. (June 2013). "El tanque argentino Nahuel DL-43" (in Spanish). ReDiU, Revista Digital Universitaria del Colegio Militar de la Nación. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
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Category:Tanks of the interwar period by country Category:Tanks of Argentina