_________Vickers Mk. E Type B*
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Number in service: 22*
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In 1932 Poland bought 38 British Vickers Mark E*
(Six-ton) light tanks. Initially all tanks were*
twin-turret (Type or Alternative A), but in 1934,*
22 tanks were converted to a single-turret Type B*
standard, using British turrets, armed in a *
short-barrel 47mm Vickers gun and 7.92mm wz.30 CMG.*
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In 1939 all Vickers E tanks were used in two light*
tank companies of only two Polish motorized brigades*
(the 10th Motorized Cavalry Brigade and the Warsaw*
Armoured-Motorized Brigade - WBPM). Each company had*
16 tanks, mixed of single and twin-turret. *
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Though the tanks were rather obsolete, both companies*
were intensively used in fighting. A weakness of*
Vickers E tanks in 1939 was thin armor, and their*
guns had mediocre performance against armour.*
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_____________[description by PIBWL]*