Flames Of War - British: Light Mk VI Armoured Troop

When the Light Mk VI was first introduced in 1937, the Imperial General Staff considered the tank to be superior to any light tank produced by other nations.

Both the Light Mk VI B and less common Light Mk VI C were used in large numbers in France as front line tanks, due to the lack of any alternatives. Small vehicles, armed with a heavy machine gun (15mm BESA in the case of the Mk VI C) and a crew of 3, they were fast with a top speed of 35 miles per hour, but vulnerable with armour only 14mm thick.

The British Expeditionary Force’s primary armoured formations came from seven divisional cavalry regiments: 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary’s Own), 15th/19th The King’s Royal Hussars, 1st East Riding Yeomanry, 1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, and the 1st Lothians and Border Horse. Each regiment has three squadrons with Vickers Mk VI B light tanks.

THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS:

• 5x Light Mk VIB or Light MK VIC Tanks