Model Vickers Mk 2 medium tank, Dinky, 1938 (c)

Metal model tank manufactured by Meccano Limited.

The British Army Vickers medium tank differed from its World War One predecessors by carrying its main armament in a rotatable turret. The Mark 2 was produced between 1925 and 1934 and saw action on the North West Frontier of India. It was armed with a 3 pounder gun and four machine guns and had a crew of five. By the start of World War Two (1939-1945) it had been replaced by the first of the Cruiser series of tanks but Mark 2s continued to be used for training tank drivers.