The Carden-Lloyd Mk VI was an Armoured Personel Carrier designed in 1927, manufactured by Vickers Armstrong and was in use from 1928 to 1943. General Details (APC) Specifications Operational Date(s) 1928 - 1943 Ordnance classification Quantity Produced 450 Weight 1.5 tonne Crew 2 M.G's small 1 M.G's large(>10mm) n/a Length 2.49 mtr Width 1.72 mtr Height 1.23 mtr Engine Details/Performance Max Road Speed 30 mph Max Cross Country Speed 16 mph Range Road 100 miles Range Cross Country 40 miles Fuel Type Petrol Fuel Capacity 10 gal Horse Power 22 hp Power/Weight 14 hp/tonne General Information The Carden-Lloyd Mk VI was an Armoured Personel Carrier designed in 1927, manufactured by Vickers Armstrong and was in use from 1928 to 1943. The vehicle was powered by Ford 'Model T' petrol powerplant producing 22 HP which could drive the vehicle on roads at up to 30 mph with a range of about 100 miles before refuelling. Its cross country performance was good providing a max speed of about 16 mph and a range of about 40 miles. It was armed with 1 light machine gun , a Vickers Medium Machine Gun. Its main armament consisted The Carden Lloyd carriers were designed to provide machine gun support to infantry. The front Ford 22hp engine drove the front drive wheel under 4 small road wheels, over the rear idler and back to the drive wheel via 2 return rollers. The vehicle was armed with a Vickers machine gun, which could be removed and mounted on a tripod carried in the vehicle. Armour Details Turret Front n/a Side n/a Rear n/a Top n/a Superstructure Front 9mm @ 0° (9mm) Side 9mm @ 0° (9mm) Rear 6mm @ 0° (6mm) Top n/a Hull Front 9mm @ 0° (9mm) Side 9mm @ 0° (9mm) Rear 6mm @ 0° (6mm) Top n/a Armour (x)mm @ (y)° (Effective mm @ 0°) Effective Armour - Maximum 9 mm - Minimum n/a mm Weapon Details Vickers Medium Machine Gun (Machine Gun) History The Vickers medium machine gun was designed during World War I as a replacement for the Maxim gun from which its design was taken. It served throughout World War I and II as a fixed point machine gun used to suppress areas and act as a defensive point. Manufacturer Vickers Manufactured 1912 - 1968 Calibre 7.70mm Length L/93 Rate of Fire 450 rpm Ammunition Details Name/Id Calibre Weight MVelocity Explosive Content Standard british .303 round - MkVIII (only used in Vickers Mg) (BALL Standard Small Arms) 7.70mm 0.01Kg 844M/Sec Range(Mtr) 100 200 400 800 1200 1600 2000 2400 Flight Time(Secs) 0.12 Penetration(mm@30°) 1 Penetration(mm@0°) 2 Hit Probability(%) 74 About Penetration Figures All penetration figures in this database are calculated to a common standard based on German WWII testing criteria (complete penetration with functioning fuze). This allows direct comparison between all nations' guns. Original national test figures would be higher for some nations due to different criteria: German: 1.00? (baseline - strictest) British: 1.02? (slightly looser) American: 1.05? (50% mass through plate) Soviet: 1.10? (75% mass through plate) For example, a Soviet gun showing 159mm here would be published as ~175mm in Soviet documents, and a German gun showing 120mm would be published as 120mm in German documents. The 159mm figure is directly comparable to the German 120mm - the Soviet gun really was more powerful. National Testing Standards German: 1.00? - Complete penetration, fuze functions (strictest) British: 1.02? - Complete penetration American: 1.05? - 50% of shell mass through plate Soviet: 1.10? - 75% of shell mass through plate All database figures are normalized to German standard for direct comparison. Multiply by the factor above to see original national test figures.

Hit probability is based on a static 2 x 2.4 metre panel at 0 degrees(vertical) at the range specified.

The data that has been used to create these records has come from Wikipedia, The Lone Sentry, The Bundes Archive and numerous books and websites that have provided the detailed information that has not been available anywhere else. The information we use to calculate the penetration tables, flight times and the hit probability comes from the Gun Calibre, the Shell Mass(Kg) and the muzzle velocity, plus range reductions to allow for gravity and wind resistance. This calculation originally came from a pre-war Krupp calculation which has been modified, and seems to fit the actual test results.

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