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VALENTINE
INFANTRY TANK
1938–45
BRUCE OLIVER NEWSOME Ph.D
ILLUSTRATED BY H. MORSHEAD
Author
Bruce Newsome Ph.D is Assistant Teaching Professor of
International Relations at the University of California, Berkeley.
He was previously Lecturer in Defence Management at the
Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, where he passed
the AFV Design courses. He spends his summers in The Tank
Museum’s archives and workshops.
Illustrator
Henry Morshead is a design consultant in the European
automotive and aerospace sectors, with clients including
Jaguar, Bentley, Citroën and Airbus. He is also a technical
sponsor of the Bloodhound supersonic car, contributing
digital surfacing and design services. A former officer in the
Royal Engineers and illustrator for Jane’s, he maintains a keen
interest in the design and use of military land and air vehicles.
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NEW VANGUARD 233
VALENTINE INFANTRY
TANK 1938–45
BRUCE OLIVER NEWSOME Ph.D
ILLUSTRATED BY H. MORSHEAD
This electronic edition published in 2016 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
First published in Great Britain in 2016 by Osprey Publishing,
PO Box 883, Oxford, OX1 9PL, UK
PO Box 3985, New York, NY 10185-3985, USA
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Publishers.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Print ISBN: 978 1 4728 1375 6
PDF ebook ISBN: 978 1 4728 1376 3
ePub ebook ISBN: 978 1 4728 1377 0
Index by Rob Munro
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The author thanks David Willey (Curator), David Fletcher (Historian), Stuart
Wheeler (Archive and Library Manager), and Katie Thompson (Archive
Assistant) for assistance with the archives and collections at The Tank
Museum in Bovington, England.
The author thanks B. John Pearson, Colin Pearson, Jack Pearson and
Jennifer D. Catlin for mechanical and operational assistance with surviving
Valentine tanks.
The author also thanks B. John Pearson for prior research on the production
of Valentines, Harold Skaarup for information on Canadian Valentines, and
Leland Ness for prior research on British and Canadian exports.
Cover photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images.
All other photographs are courtesy of The Tank Museum.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
• From A10 to Valentine
• New engines and gearboxes
• Upgunned Valentines and self-propelled guns
• The Valiant (A38)
4
4
PRODUCTION
USE
• British use
• Canadian Valentines
• New Zealand use
• Soviet use
• Self-propelled guns
• Amphibious Valentines
13
15
CAPABILITIES
• Driving
• Fighting
28
OTHER VARIANTS
• Flamethrower
• Bridgelayer
• Anti-mine flail
44
FURTHER READING
INDEX
47
48

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