Morris-Martel

Morris-Martel
Type	Tankette
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Service history
In service	1927-1928
Used by	United Kingdom Prototype's only
Wars	None
Production history
Designer	Sir Giffard Le Quesne Martel
Designed	1925
Manufacturer	Morris Motors^[1]
Unit cost	2,465$
Produced	1927
Number built	8
Variants	1-man and 2-man variants
Specifications
Weight	2.25 long tons (2.29 t)^[2]
Crew	1-2 depending on model

Armour	0.3 in (7.6 mm)^[3]
Main armament	3-pounder 47mm cannon^[4]
Secondary armament	Four x Vickers machine guns^[4]
Engine	Morris Motor 16 bhp
Suspension	Leaf Spring
Ground clearance	18 Inche's
Speed	30 mph (48 km/h) on road

The Morris-Martel was a British inter-war tankette developed from prototypes designed by Lieutenant-General Sir Giffard Le Quesne Martel. Intended for reconnaissance, eight were constructed for the Experimental Mechanized Force and were tested against experimental models of the Carden Loyd tankette - built by John Carden and Vivian Loyd as a response to Martel's work - on Salisbury plain in 1927.^[5] The project was abandoned after testing with the Carden Loyd design chosen instead,^[6] however during its short existence the tankette attracted "quite a lot of publicity" and was a pioneer of the tankette concept.^[1]

References

Notes

1 2 Ford (1997) p. 25.
↑ American Defense Preparedness Association (1930). "Morris-Martel Tank". Ordnance. XI-XII: 27.
↑ American Defense Preparedness Association (1931). "Morris-Martel Tank". National Defense XII: 27.
1 2 Forty (1984) p. 42.
↑ Harris (1995) p. 210.
↑ "CROSSLEY MILITARY VEHICLES AFTER WW1". CROSSLEY MOTORS LTD. Retrieved 2012-12-29.

Sources

Harris, J. P. (1995). Men, Ideas, and Tanks: British Military Thought and Armoured Forces, 1903-1939. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0719048141.
Ford, Roger (1997). The world's great tanks: from 1916 to the present day. Barnes & Noble. ISBN 0760705933.
Forty, George (1984). A photo history of tanks in two world wars. Blandford Press. ISBN 0713712163.

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Interwar tanks

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