British Battle Tanks by David Fletcher

Author:David Fletcher
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9781472821492
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

On exercise in England in 1941, these Valentine Is and IIs have the curved cover over the exfiltration slit at the rear of the turret, and the centrally located bulbous base for the 6-foot rod aerial used with the Number 11 wireless radio. The Number 19 set was used with a shorter thinner aerial on the offside of the turret roof for higher echelon traffic, and a yet shorter aerial on the nearside for traffic within the troop.

Since the rear-view look-out lacked splash proofing, bullets impacting around it were likely to find their way inside the turret. Under heavier impact, the parts could fail. In trials, the impact of a 40mm shot dislodged the securing pin of the operating lever on the inside. By the fourth round, the hinge bolts had sheared, and the door had fallen away.

By 1942, MEC was welding shut the ports and look-outs. At home, designers replaced them both with a circular revolver port, outside a circular aperture, with a flap that closed down within the bracket. This port was designed into both sides of the turret. This configuration was introduced on the three-man turret, which entered production late in 1941 on Valentine IIIs and Valentine Vs, and continued on the Valentine IX, X and XI, but was forgotten by the designers of the Valiant. The Valentine IX’s commander had a hatch, a rotating periscope in the hatch, a fixed periscope (without any handle) behind the hatch facing rearwards, and a circular revolver port in the right side.

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