Light Tank Mk IV | Tank Chats #173 | The Tank Museum

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Published 2023-08-18
Weighing in at five tons, machine gun armed and with a two-man crew, the Tank, Light, Mk IV was one of a series produced for the British Army by Vickers before World War II, seeing service on the NW Frontier of India. Recently restored, the Mk IV is the oldest running tank in our collection.

Learn about the Mark IV's extensive restoration here:    • Vickers Light Tank Mark IV Restoratio...  

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00:00 | Intro
00:48 | History
03:25 | Development
11:46 | Mark IV
14.48 | Later variants

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All Comments (21)
  • @thetankmuseum
    Hi Tanks Nuts - We hope you enjoyed this video. Let us know your thoughts in the comments down below.
  • @markedwards158
    Good to see David back again. I love his delivery style, informative and educating.
  • @Caratacus1
    Those photos of the horse towing the tank and the commanders who were about to be catapulted out of their turrets were brilliant 😁
  • @jussi8111
    that mk1 with the twin 50 looks so cool
  • @glennpettersson9002
    Like every presentation by David the vehicle is used to tell a much bigger story. Classy 😎
  • @c.j.zographos3713
    It's always great when David does these chats; well researched and informative, even about lesser known (at least to some of us) vehicles.
  • @dylanmilne6683
    Love nothing more than a bit of Willey on a Friday afternoon!
  • @bikenavbm1229
    thanks to all to that helped with the restoration especially Pearson for your generosity, great vid on these stepping stone vehicles. A boring personal connection I used to turn wheel bearing components for Horsman used for military vehicles but I dont know which. Thank you tank Museum for conserving history.
  • @89volvowithlazers
    Nice to know Pearson Engineering is a going concern experts in the field so UK does have business post brexit good job Pearson. Love this vid. The early Era concepts would make a great unit in war game on this Era only.
  • @OrangesAndCookies
    Haha, that TC in the first picture showing the little hand grips on the top of turret looks like he scared to death of falling out the tank.
  • @MaximumResultsCopy
    Excellent video...thank you! I find the "background" information explaining the context and why a vehicle was built very helpful. There were many problems with British tanks in WW2 but there were all sorts of constraints on the tank program.
  • @chriskortan1530
    I have a new appreciation for the philosophy behind these tankettes. I had always considered them worthless beyond enforcing colonial will. A good percentage of the FT tanks had a cannon and even the Panzer 2 at least had a 20mm auto-cannon. The idea that it wasn't just economy but preparing industry and keeping them in business makes a lot of sense.
  • @peterharrington8709
    Great video. Pleased to see Pearson's still doing as little bit in that new / old Vickers factory. Shame it couldn't be more of course.
  • @Ubique2927
    Britain had so many far sighted brilliant tank thinkers and all of them were ignored by almost everyone except Guderian, Rommel and Hitler.
  • @nikidanberthelsen
    Would be interesting to see 'the top 5 cheap tanks'. Just to see which tanks are the best in regard to cost-compromises. Which would facilitate attrition warfare.
  • @causewaykayak
    That was SO interesting ! The wealth of knowledge there. The use of simple light vehicles to train up reserve production capacity was particularly interesting. It's not all nuts and bolts !
  • @darreng745
    One of those vehicles which was worth the effort of restoration as it represents a stepping stone in the evolution of tank design during the 1930's