The Most Successful Tank the British Never Had: The Story of the Vickers Mark E
With Pete Blanchard

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Our guest today is ‘Armour Enthusiast' Pete Blanchard, who's primary interest is in armour from 1920 to 1945, covering design, development, deployment, usage, maintenance, doctrine, etc.
His Twitter account: @RivetsAndPins.

The show will describe the evolution of the little-known British Vickers Mark E tank, a model which was rejected by the British Army but used by several armies in the 1930s, to great effect by Finland through to 1944 and by the USSR in the thousands (as the T-26) from 1936 to 1945. Includes its design influence on WW2 US, Japanese, Italian and even German tank design.

Pete's previous shows on WW2TV:
Das Sturmgeschütz (StuG) - German Armoured Vehicle
https://www.youtube.com/live/fzpUGqNeXzU?si=kJh6Wb04aTKU3etJ
Recycling the Panzers - Managing Germany’s obsolete tanks
https://www.youtube.com/live/KItY0FnUfpY
The Battle of Seseña - Spanish Civil War
https://www.youtube.com/live/uMFPBCSzNuw

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