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The Carden-Loyd Tankette was a British design that went worldwide
Carden-Loyd Mk VIs at the Elswick Works, Newcastle upon Tyne, c.1930.
PHOTO BY TYNE & WEAR ARCHIVES & MUSEUMS, FLICKR, VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS, NO KNOWN COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS
Carden-Loyd Mk VI B in Panzermuseum Parola, Finland.
PHOTO BY CARSTEN KRÜGER WASSEN, WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
In the inter-war period, British engineer Major Giffard LeQuesne Martel designed and home-built a miniature one-man tank – or ‘tankette’ – in his garage, which he presented to the War Office in 1925. Martel had worked in tank development during World War One.
