The BUF experimented with tankettes throughout the VBCW, often using foreign built examples, such as this Italian made CV33 (itself modelled on the original Carden Lloyd tankette, built in Italy under licence as the CV29):
However, the BUF "Mailed Fist" battlegroup, recruited principally from London and consisting of some of Mosley's best equipped troops, used tankettes with specially built coachwork:
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| A specially built BUF tankette, commanded by Storm Leader "Arnie" Clarkson.... |
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| ...who orders his driver to perform "a doughnut" to show off his command vehicle to best advantage... |
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| ...Storm Leader Clarkson commands the 1st BUF (Kensington & Chelsea) Armoured Infantry, colloquially known, for obvious reasons, as "The Sloane Rangers".. |
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| ...here providing a 'flank guard' for the main body of the Mailed Fist Battlegroup, proceeding along the A438 Tewkesbury - Ledbury road... |
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| The full section of the "Sloane Rangers", sufficient to deliver ten riflemen to any destination in armoured safety. It is said that "Bendor", the Duke of Westminster, provided the necessary funds to raise and equip the "Sloane Rangers". |
[Notes]
(1). These tankettes are a simple conversion of the "non scale" Majorette "Sonic Flasher" tanks, now OOP but sometimes available in Ebay joblots:
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| Simply remove turret, paint black, and hurrah ! |
(2). For more (lots more) Ledbury BUF armour and vehicles, check out the LEDBURY BUF thread
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