Morris-Martel
Appearance
Morris-Martel | |
---|---|
Type | Tankette |
Place of origin | ![]() |
Service history | |
In service | 1927-1928 |
Used by | ![]() |
Wars | None |
Production history | |
Designer | Sir Giffard Le Quesne Martel |
Designed | 1925 |
Manufacturer | Morris Motors[1] |
Unit cost | $2,465 |
Produced | 1927 |
No. built | 8 |
Variants | 1-man and 2-man variants |
Specifications | |
Mass | 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 47 mm cannon[4] |
Secondary armament | Four × Vickers machine guns[4] |
Engine | Morris Motor 16 bhp |
Suspension | Leaf Spring |
Ground clearance | 18 Inches |
Maximum 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; during its short existence the tankette attracted "quite a lot of publicity" and was a pioneer of the tankette concept.[6][1]
References
- Notes
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Forty (1984) p. 42.
- ^ Harris (1995) p. 210.
- ^ "CROSSLEY MILITARY VEHICLES AFTER WW1". CROSSLEY MOTORS LTD. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- Sources
- Harris, J. P. (1995). Men, Ideas, and Tanks: British Military Thought and Armoured Forces, 1903-1939. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-71-904814-1.
- Ford, Roger (1997). The world's great tanks: from 1916 to the present day. Barnes & Noble. ISBN 0-76-070593-3.
- Forty, George (1984). A photo history of tanks in two world wars. Blandford Press. ISBN 0-71-371216-3.