Félix Verdeja Bardales (10 April 1904 – 20 May 1977) was a
Lieutenant colonel in the
Spanish Army. Verdeja Bardales was the designer principally responsible for the
Verdeja
Verdeja was the name of a series of light tanks developed in Spain between 1938 and 1954 in an attempt to replace German Panzer I and Soviet T-26 tanks in Spanish service.
The program was headed by major Félix Verdeja Bardales and led to ...
light
tank
A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Tank designs are a balance of heavy firepower, strong armour, and good battlefield mobility provided by tracks and a powerful engi ...
, between 1938 and 1954.
Verdeja Bardales was born in the
Asturian village of Panes in
Peñamellera Baja
Peñamellera Baja (in Asturian language, Asturian: '' El Valle Baḥu de Peñamellera'') is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is borderered to the north by Llanes and Ribadedeva, to the west by ...
.
1904 births
1977 deaths
People from Oriente (Asturian comarca)
Spanish army officers
Spanish military personnel of the Spanish Civil War (National faction)
Spanish industrial designers
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