The versatile Valentine

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Upon closer inspection, it appears I may have been somewhat presumptous in automatically assuming this is a Valentine chassis simply based upon the triple wheeled bogies. It would have made more sense to use a Mark I Cruiser (A9) for experimental purposes as combat experience in France showed that the A9's armour was too thin and they were too slow to be used as a Cruiser tank. I'm sure at that point in the war all Valentines produced would have been targeted for first line combat. The dimensions of the Mark I Cruiser and the Valentine were very similar and both used the triple wheeled bogie. Does anyone see anything definitive to I.D. this chassis as either?