MKVIc Light Tank*
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The chief problem of the light tankette was that*
they could not kill any opposing enemy vehicle of*
the same class they encountered upon the battlefield.*
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Later model British light tanks - for these were now*
to be used as battlefield reconnaisance units rather*
than as infantry support tanks - carried a HMG as*
well as the MMG, to give some effectiveness*
against other light armoured vehicles.*
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Handled with skill in the desert, these were useful*
against the Italians - whose tankettes tended to be*
armed with MG, but in France and when better Italian*
and especially German armour appeared on the scene,*
casualties soon mounted.*
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This unit represents the many UK light tank versions *
with mixed HMG/MMG armament.
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