Valentine Mk.II: Pack includes 2 snap together tank kits. The Valentine tank was produced in the United Kingdom (and Canada under license) during the Second World War. More than 8,000 of the type were produced in 11 different marks plus various purpose-built variants, accounting for approximately a quarter of wartime British tank production. Used by British & Commonwealth forces, it also saw service in the Soviet army.
Perhaps the only romantically named tank of the war, one of the most popular explanations was that the design was presented to the War Office on St. Valentine's Day, 14 February 1940; another version suggests that the tank was called Valentine in honour of Sir John Valentine Carden, the man who led the development of the A10 and many other Vickers vehicles; another that it is an acronym for Vickers-Armstrong Ltd Elswick & (Newcastle-upon) Tyne and finally that it was just the next code name destined to be used.
The tank first served in Operation Crusader in the North African desert, when it began to replace the Matilda Tank. It was extensively used in the North African Campaign, earning a reputation as a reliable and well-protected vehicle; its thick armour and 2pdr, which at the time was an excellent anti-tank gun and more than a match for its Italian opponents and Panzer I, II and early Panzer IIIs of the DAK/Afrika Korps