Medium Mark III

A Medium III in use as a command vehicleThe disappointments in the A6 design led to a new design, the "Medium Mark III", being ordered in 1928 and constructed from 1930.[2] It was similar to the A6 design but featured a new turret and improved armour. The turret had a flat gun mantlet and a bulge at the back to hold the radio set. The secondary machine-gun turrets were moved more to the front to shift the centre of gravity of the entire vehicle forward to improve its stability. Larger brakes were fitted. In 1933 trials were completed of the first two prototypes. The type was reliable and provided a good gun platform. However, it still suffered from its bad suspension design: even though road speed increased to thirty miles per hour, during cross-country rides the bogies were often overloaded. Three Mark IIIs were built, one by Vickers and two by the Royal Ordnance Factory at Woolwich: Medium III E1, E2 and E3. The third had an improved suspension and the vehicles were in 1934 taken into use by the HQ of the Tank Brigade. However, no orders followed due to its high price; Medium III E2 was lost to a fire.

ТТХ

вес 17500 кг
экипах 7 человек

Размеры
Длина мм 6550
Ширина мм 2792
Высота мм 2790

вооружение
47-мм пушка и один 7,71-мм пулемет в основной башне, 4 пулемета в боковых башнях
 
бронирование
лоб корпуса - 14 мм
борт корпуса - 9 мм
башня - 14 мм
крыша и днище - 4 мм  

двигатель
карбюраторный

транссмисия
механическая с планетарной коробкой передач типа Wilson