![]() As a private design by Vickers-Armstrongs, it did not receive a General Staff "A" designation it was submitted to the War Office on 10 February 1938. The Valentine started as a proposal based on Vickers' experience with the A9 and A10 specification cruiser tanks and the A11 (Infantry Tank Mk I). ![]() The "most prosaic" explanation according to author David Fletcher is that it was just an in-house codeword of Vickers with no other significance. Another version says that Valentine is an acronym for Vickers-Armstrongs Limited Elswick & (Newcastle-upon) Tyne. White notes that "incidentally" Valentine was the middle name of Sir John Carden, the man who was responsible for many tank designs including that of the Valentine's predecessors, the A10 and A11. According to the most popular one, the design was presented to the War Office on St Valentine's Day, 14 February 1940, although some sources say that the design was submitted on Valentine's Day 1938 or 10 February 1938. There are several proposed explanations for the name Valentine. Developed by Vickers, it proved to be both strong and reliable. It was used extensively by the British in the North African campaign. It was supplied in large numbers to the USSR and built under licence in Canada. The many variants included riveted and welded construction, petrol and diesel engines and a progressive increase in armament. More than 8,000 of the type were produced in eleven marks, plus various specialised variants, accounting for approximately a quarter of wartime British tank production. The Tank, Infantry, Mk III, Valentine was an infantry tank produced in the United Kingdom during World War II.
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