Morris-Martel

Morris-Martel
Morris-Martel Tankette 2-man variant
Type	Tankette
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Service history
In service	1927-1928
Used by	United Kingdom (prototypes only)
Wars	None
Production history
Designer	Sir Giffard Le Quesne Martel
Designed	1925
Manufacturer	Morris Commercial Cars^[1]
Produced	1927
No. built	8
Variants	1-man and 2-man variants
Specifications
Mass	2.25 long tons (2.29 t)^[2]
Crew	1-2 depending on model

Armour	0.3 in (7.6 mm)^[3]
Main armament	Lewis Gun
Engine	Morris "16hp" 16 bhp (12 kW)
Suspension	Leaf spring
Ground clearance	18 in (460 mm)
Maximum speed	30 mph (48 km/h) on road

The Morris-Martel was a British inter-war tankette developed from prototypes designed by Lieutenant-General Sir Giffard Le Quesne Martel. Intended for reconnaissance, eight were constructed for the Experimental Mechanized Force and were tested on Salisbury plain in 1927, against experimental models of the Carden Loyd tankette built by John Carden and Vivian Loyd as a response to Martel's work.^[4] The project was abandoned after testing with the Carden Loyd design chosen instead; during its short existence the tankette attracted "quite a lot of publicity" and was a pioneer of the tankette concept.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b Ford (1997) p. 25.
^ "Morris-Martel Tank". Ordnance. American Defense Preparedness Association. XI–XII: 27. 1930. OCLC 5671311.
^ "Morris-Martel Tank". National Defense. American Defense Preparedness Association. XII: 27. 1931. ISSN 0092-1491.
^ Harris (1995) p. 210.

Sources

Ford, Roger (1997). The World's Great Tanks: From 1916 to the Present Day. Barnes & Noble. ISBN 0-76-070593-3 – via Archive Foundation.
Harris, J. P. (1995). Men, Ideas, and Tanks: British Military Thought and Armoured Forces, 1903–1939. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-71-904814-1.

v t e Tanks of the interwar period
Tankettes	AH-IV Carden Loyd L3/33 L3/35 R-1 T-27 T-32 (Š-I-D) Tančík vz. 33 TKS Type 92 Type 94 Type 97 Te-Ke
Light	7TP 38M Toldi I Char D1 Disston Tractor Tank Fiat 3000 H35 L-60 Light tanks Mk I–V Light Tank Mk VI Light Tank Mk VII LT vz. 34 LT vz. 35 LT vz. 38 M1 Combat Car M2 Light Tank Panzer I Panzer II R35 T-18 T-26 T-37 T-38 Type 95 Ha-Go Vickers 6-Ton Vickers-Carden-Loyd light amphibious tank Vickers T-15
Medium	Char D2 T-24 T-28 Type 89 I-Go Type 97 Chi-Ha Vickers Medium Mk I Vickers Medium Mk II
Cavalry, cruiser, fast	AMC 34 AMC 35 AMR 33 AMR 35 BT tank Cruiser Mk I Cruiser Mk II Cruiser Mk III SOMUA S35
Infantry	FCM 36 Hotchkiss H35 Matilda I T-26
Heavy, super-heavy	Char 2C Char B1 T-35
Prototypes, experimentals	10TP FCM F1 Grosstraktor Kolohousenka Landsverk L-120 Leichttraktor Medium Mark III Medium Mark D Medium Tank A7 Morris-Martel Neubaufahrzeug PZInż 130 Škoda MU-4 SMK Straussler V-4 Stridsvagn m/31 ST vz. 39 T1 Light Tank T2 Medium T7 Combat Car T-19 T-42 T-100 Type 87 Chi-I Type 91 heavy Type 95 heavy Type 97 Chi-Ni Type 98 Chi-Ho Verdeja Vickers A1E1 Independent
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