Tank, Infantry, Valiant (A38) at The Tank Museum, Bovington
Type
Assault tank[1]
Place of origin
UK
Production history
Designer
Vickers
Designed
1943
Manufacturer
Ruston & Hornsby
Produced
1944
No. built
1
Specifications
Mass
27 t
Length
17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
Width
9 ft 3 in (2.8 m)
Height
7 ft (2.1 m)
Crew
4
Armour
4.5 inch (114 mm) maximum
Main armament
QF 6 pdr (57 mm) gun
Secondary armament
2 x 7.92 mm Besa machine guns
Engine
GMC 6004 (6-71M) diesel 210 hp (157 kW)
Transmission
5 forward gears, 1 reverse
Suspension
Individual sprung units
Operational range
80 miles (130 km)
Maximum speed
12 mph (19 km/h) road
7 mph (11 km/h) off-road
References
[2]
The Tank, Infantry, Valiant (A38) was a British tank design of the Second World War that only reached the prototype stage. It was intended to meet a specification for a well-armoured, light-medium tank, for use against Japanese forces in the South-East Asia theatre. The prototype demonstrated that the design was a failure and this sole example produced was retained by the School of Tank Technology as a lesson to its students.[3]
^Fletcher, Universal Tank, p. 87.
^Museum Accession Record
^Fletcher, David (1989). Universal Tank: British Armour in the Second World War - Part 2. HMSO. p. 88. ISBN 0-11-290534-X.
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