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From the Mark II onwards, a new design was introduced that was smaller, incorporated Lewis or Hotchkiss guns, and allowed for much larger doors. 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.
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]
British Mark I Tank 1916. New Vanguard. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781841766898. Fletcher, David (2001). The British Tanks 1915 - 19. The Crowood Press. ISBN 1861264003. Forty, George; Livesey, Jack (2006). The World Encyclopedia of Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles. London: Anness Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-0754833512. Forty, George (1984).
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
The No1 Lincoln Machine, with lengthened Bullock tracks and Creeping Grip tractor suspension, September 1915. Work on Little Willie's predecessor began in July 1915 by the Landship Committee to meet The United Kingdom's requirement in World War I for an armoured combat vehicle able to cross an 8-foot (2.4 m) trench.
Ellis, Chris; Chamberlain, Peter (1969), No. 3: Tanks Marks I to V, AFV Profile, Profile Publishing Fletcher, David (2004), British Mark I Tank 1916 , New Vanguard 100, Osprey Publishing Fletcher, David (2007), British Mark IV Tank , New Vanguard 133, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 978-1-84603-082-6
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Patriarch Mark I, retronym for Mark the Apostle as Patriarch of Alexandria "Mark I" or "Mark 1", the working title of "Tomorrow Never Knows," a song by the Beatles; Visual inspection, sometimes called "Mark I Eyeball" in US Military slang since the 1950s; Mesa Boogie Mark I (1969), an electric guitar amplifier; Mark I, first version of Iron Man ...