More heavily produced than any other British tank of the war, the compact, well-armoured Valentine fought throughout the desert campaign and was supplied in huge numbers to the Soviet Union under Lend-Lease, where Soviet crews valued its reliability even as its gun remained undersized against German armour.
British WW2 era Infantry Tank Official designation:- Tank Infantry MkIII Designer:- Vickers-Armstrong Manufacturer:- Vickers-Armstrong Built:- 1940 to 1944 Total Production:- 8,275 Main Armament:- QF 2-pounder Anti-tank Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0 · sourceBritish Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles 1939-45 Infantry Tank Mk III* Valentine IIUnknown authorUnknown author · Public domain · sourceBritish Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles 1939-45 Infantry Tank Mk III* Valentine IXUnknown authorUnknown author · Public domain · source