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  2. Female tank - Wikipedia

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    Both male and female tanks took part in the first tank action, on 15 September 1916, at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, part of the Somme offensive on 15 September 1916. In 1918 it was decided that tanks should be "hermaphrodite", simultaneously male and female, carrying both heavy armament and lighter machine guns.

  3. Mark IV tank - Wikipedia

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    A Mark IV Female, Grit, is owned by the Australian War Memorial and annually goes on display at their open day. A Mark IV Male, Excellent, is displayed at The Tank Museum in Bovington Camp. This tank was presented by the army to HMS Excellent, a Royal Navy shore establishment where some tank crewmen were trained during WWI. It was very briefly ...

  4. British heavy tanks of the First World War - Wikipedia

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    Two fully functional replica Mark IV tanks were built in England in the early 21st century for demonstration purposes. For a documentary Guy Martin's WWI Tank a female Mark IV replica 'Deborah II' was built at the Norfolk Tank Museum in 2017 to mark the anniversary of the Battle of Cambrai. [53]

  5. Tanks in World War I - Wikipedia

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    The Tanks of World War I: The History and Legacy of Tank Warfare during the Great War (2017) [ISBN missing] Foley, Michael. Rise of the Tank: Armoured Vehicles and their use in the First World War (2014) [ISBN missing] Townsend, Reginald T. (December 1916). " 'Tanks' And 'The Hose Of Death' ". The World's Work: A History of Our Time: 195– 207

  6. A7V - Wikipedia

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    The first and second tank-against-tank combat in history took place on 24 April 1918 when three A7Vs (including chassis number 561, known as Nixe) taking part in an attack with infantry incidentally met three British Mark IVs (two female machine gun-armed tanks and one male with two 6-pounder guns) near Villers-Bretonneux. During the battle ...

  7. List of combat vehicles of World War I - Wikipedia

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    A Photo History of Tanks in Two World Wars. Poole: Blandford Press. Foss, Christopher F. (2002). The Encyclopedia of Tanks & Armoured Fighting Vehicles. London: Amber Books. ISBN 978-1905704-44-6. Gale, Tim (2016). The French Army's Tank Force and Armoured Warfare in the Great War: The Artillerie Spéciale. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9781317031338.

  8. Britannia (tank) - Wikipedia

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    Britannia is a preserved First World War British Mark IV Female heavy tank. It toured Canada and the United States to raise money. [ 1 ] Later renamed Liberty it is now displayed at the United States Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen, Maryland .

  9. Mark V tank - Wikipedia

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    The British Mark V tank [a] was an upgraded version of the Mark IV tank.. The tank was improved in several aspects over the Mark IV, chiefly the new steering system, transmission and 150 bhp engine, but it fell short in other areas, particularly its insufficient ventilation leading to carbon monoxide poisoning for the crew. [5]