4x4s.org NAMED MODEL · 1934–35
NAMED MODELMilitary · United KingdomUnited Kingdom

Light Dragon Mark III

The last Light Dragon, on the running gear of the Vickers-Armstrongs VA D50 of 1934: 69 were bought by the War Office.

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Light Dragon Mark III — A Light Dragon Mark III towing a gun in Belgium, 1940.Kessell · Public domain ↗
BASE VEHICLELight Dragon (1929–35)BUILT BYVickers-ArmstrongsIN SERVICE1934–35OPERATED INUnited KingdomPRODUCTION69LAYOUT4 wheels

The record

The VA D50 was Vickers-Armstrongs' commercial light tracked vehicle of 1934, and the Mark III Dragon shared its suspension and its laterally shifting steering. The same running gear went on to the Carrier, Machine-Gun and the Universal Carrier; the Army stopped buying tracked gun tractors after the 69.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1934–35
ENGINENot publishedMeadows 4.5-litre six
PRODUCTION RUN69
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
OPERATED INUnited Kingdom
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEDragon tractors
FAMILYDragon tractors
WHEELS4
BODY STYLEtractor
CATEGORYMilitary · United Kingdom

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

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Sources

  1. 1Vickers Light Dragon ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE
  2. 2Universal Carrier ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-24 · status: researched