Vickers 6-Ton - Operators

Operators

• Bolivia - used one twin-turret tank Type A and two single-turret tanks Type B. The Bolivian Vickers tanks were the first to see combat service, also the first tanks to see combat in the Americas - in 1933 they were used in the Chaco War against Paraguay. All of them were destroyed or captured by Paraguayan forces. See Tank warfare in the Chaco War.
• Bulgaria - bought 8 single-turret Mk.E Type B tanks, used for training only.
• Canada - beginning in 1938, 12 of the Vickers 6B were used Canadian Armoured Fighting Vehicle School in a training role. No actual armoured unit was equipped with them although the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and Royal Canadian Regiment evaluated them.
• Republic of China - used 20 single-turret tanks Vickers Mk.E Type B. They were used in combat against the Japanese in Shanghai in 1937.
• Finland - used 33 tanks since 1938. They were armed initially with a short-barreled 47 mm gun and later hastingly equipped with a 37 mm Bofors anti-tank gun as their main gun. They were used in the Winter War with the USSR. After this war, the Finns rearmed Mark E tanks with captured Soviet long 45 mm guns as used in the T-26. The Finns designated the rebuilt Vickers tanks as: T-26E. They were used in combat from 1941–44 and remained in service as training tanks until 1959.
• Greece - 2 type A and 2 type B for tests, acquired during or prior to 1935.Along with 2 Carden-Loyd Tankettes formed the first armoured battalion of the Greek Army.
• Paraguay - One double-turret Vickers Mk.E Type A tank captured to Bolivia, later used as monument, returned to Bolivia in 1994.
• Poland - used 38 tanks since 1932: 22 Type B and 16 Type A tanks. Polish tanks had large air intakes behind the crew compartment as a significant feature. Poland also bought a license and developed an own improved model 7TP. Vickers Mk.E (Vickers E) tanks fought in the Invasion of Poland.

• Portugal - 2 tanks for tests
• Soviet Union - the first buyer of Vickers Mk.E tanks. In 1931 bought 15 twin-turret tanks Mk.E Type A, and a license. The Soviets next started building and developing own improved tanks T-26 (about 12 000 made).
• Spain - one ex-Bolivian single-turret Vickers Mk.E Type B tank bought from Paraguay, and a number of Soviet-made T-26.
• Thailand (formerly Siam) - used 30 Vickers Mk.E Type B, which saw combat during the French-Thai War in French Indochina.
• Turkey - used 16 Type A tanks since 1940.
• United Kingdom - used only 4 tanks for training.