Vickers Mark VI light tank, with suspension components visible.

Horstmann suspension is a type of tank and other tracked armoured fighting vehicle suspension devised by the British engineer Sidney Horstmann in 1922. Image File history File linksMetadata Vickers_Light_Tank_Mark_VI.jpg Vickers Light Tank Mark VI. Imperial War Museum? - picture scanned by me Ian Dunster 16:52, 13 September 2005 (UTC) from: - Royal Armoured Corps Centre, Bovington - (No ISBN) and uncredited. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Vickers_Light_Tank_Mark_VI.jpg Vickers Light Tank Mark VI. Imperial War Museum? - picture scanned by me Ian Dunster 16:52, 13 September 2005 (UTC) from: - Royal Armoured Corps Centre, Bovington - (No ISBN) and uncredited. ... Caterpillar tracks are large (modular) tracks used on tanks, construction equipment and certain other off-road vehicles. ... An armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) is a military vehicle, equipped with protection against hostile attacks and often mounted weapons. ... The front suspension components of a Ford Model T. Suspension is the term given to the system of springs, shock absorbers and linkages that connects a vehicle to its wheels. ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

The system uses coil-springs and has the advantages of a relatively long travel and, consisting of a self-contained bogie that is bolted to the hull, causing little or no encroachment on internal hull space. In addition, the entire suspension unit may be relatively easily removed and replaced if damaged, e.g., by mines. A bogie is a wheeled wagon or trolley. ... Various anti-tank and anti-personal land mines A landmine is a type of self-contained explosive device which is placed onto or into the ground, exploding when triggered by a vehicle or person. ...

The Horstmann system was used on, amongst others, the following vehicles:

• Universal (Bren) carrier
• Loyd Carrier
• Vickers light tanks
• Centurion
• Chieftain

The Universal Carrier, usually known as a Bren Gun Carrier (even when it was not carrying a Bren), was a small, tracked British-designed military vehicle, used widely by Allied forces during World War II. Universal Carriers were usually used for transporting personnel and equipment, or as machine gun platforms. ... General characteristics Length 4. ... Light Tanks of the UK include the light tanks Mk II to Mk V. These were a series of similar British small tanks produced in the years between World War I and World War II. They saw use in training, and in limited engagements with British Empire units such as... The Centurion was the primary British Main Battle Tank of the immediate post-war era, and considered by many to be one of the best British tank designs of all time. ... The Chieftain was the Main battle tank of the United Kindom during the 1960s and 1970s. ...

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Horstmann history