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BASE MODELUnited Kingdom

Carden-Loyd 1934 artillery tractor.

An unarmoured, open tracked light truck of about 2 tons that Belgium ordered from Vickers-Armstrongs in 1934 — 21 or 23 of them — to tow the Bofors 75 mm Model 1934 mountain gun for the Chasseurs Ardennais.

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Sources & evidence
MODEL LINEDragon tractorsBUILT BYVickers-ArmstrongsPRODUCED1934OPERATED INBelgiumPRODUCTION21 or 23LAYOUT4 wheels

The record

The tractor had a 3.3-litre Meadows petrol engine of 51 hp. Belgium was, as far as is known, its only user. Its performance on hilly ground led the Belgian army to mount an FRC 47 mm anti-tank gun on one for trials, and the vehicles were later converted into the T-13 B2 tank destroyer, the mountain-gun towing passing to the smaller Vickers/Familleureux utility tractor. The T-13s themselves are gun vehicles and outside the registry.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1934
ENGINEMeadows 3.3-litre petrol, 51 hpMeadows 3.3-litre petrol
PRODUCTION RUN21 or 23
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
OPERATED INBelgium
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDBase model
MODEL LINEDragon tractors
FAMILYDragon tractors
WHEELS4
BODY STYLEArtillery tractor
VARIANTS1

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.

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Sources

  1. 1T-13 tank destroyer (Vickers Carden Loyd 1934 artillery tractor) ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE

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