| Full Name | Tank, Infantry, Mk III, Valentine |
| Class | Heavy Vehicle |
| Movement | 4 |
| Armor Value | 3 |
| Vs Infantry (RNG / FPR) | 5/5 |
| Vs Vehicle (RNG / FPR) | 6/5 |
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| Period | 1941-1944 |
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Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. and other British and Canadian manufacturers produced more than 8,000 examples of this infantry tank from 1940 through 1944 in eleven marks, plus specialised variants, accounting for approximately a quarter of wartime British tank production. Though relatively slow at 15 mph top speed, the type proved strong and reliable and served extensively in the North African campaign; it saw limited, rear-echelon service in Western Europe from 1944, being replaced by Matilda II or M4 Sherman tanks. The Soviets received about 2,800 Valentines via Lend-Lease and used them from late 1941 through the end of the war. New Zealand forces operated 25 Valentine tanks in the southwest Pacific campaign. The main armament of front-line variants changed over time. Valentine I-VIIA carried the Ordnance Quick-Firing (QF) 2-pounder (40 mm; L/50) gun; Valentine VIII-X carried the QF 6-pounder (57 mm) gun; and Valentine XI carried the QF 75 mm gun (but was only used as a command tank). Most of these variants also carried a 7.92 mm Besa machine-gun in the turret. Based on the variant, the tank required a crew of three or four. This unit represents Marks I-VIIA, with the QF 2-pounder (40 mm) main gun.