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The Whippet was, a British tank veteran wrote, "the big surprise" of the Royal Tank Corps. Crews used their vehicles' speed to attack troops in the rear. They were so successful that by summer 1918 civilians "seemed to talk in terms of whippets", not knowing of heavy tanks' importance in breaking through fortifications and barbed wire. [15 ...
The Mk IV tank was purchased in October 1918 while the Whippets and Renaults were acquired in 1919. ... A M4A3E8 model of Sherman tank such as was provided to JGSDF.
Japanese Whippets. Near the end of World War I, the Japanese showed an interest in armored warfare and tanks and obtained a variety of models from foreign sources. These models included one British Heavy Mk IV and six Medium Mark A Whippets, along with thirteen French Renault FTs (later designated Ko-Gata Sensha or "Type A Tank").
The Medium Mark A Whippet was a British tank of the First World War. It was intended to complement the slower British heavy tanks by using its relative mobility and speed in exploiting any break in the enemy lines. [8] The Whippet tanks arrived late in the First World War, and went into action in March 1918.
The Medium A was designed by Tritton's chief engineer, William Rigby. The Whippet was a successful design and proved effective but suffered from a lack of power, complex steering and unsprung suspension. Wilson, now a Major, decided he could by himself develop a better tank as replacement: the 'Medium Tank Mark B'.
This tank was specifically designed to exploit breaches in the enemy front with its relatively higher speed (around 8 mph vs 3–4 mph for the British heavy tanks). The Whippet was faster than most other tanks, although it carried only machine gun armament, meaning it was not suited to combat with armoured vehicles but instead with infantry.
Medium Mark Cs deployed in Glasgow in 1919, following the Battle of George Square. In the (likely) eventuality that the Medium Mark D would not be ready for mass production in 1919, the Tank Corps hoped to receive no fewer than 6,000 Medium Cs that year, a third of which would be of the "Male" version, with a long six-pounder (57 mm) gun, as used on the first British tanks, in the front of the ...
(a "Water carrier for Mesopotamia") Foster's Whippet tank Foster's, as builders of agricultural machinery, were involved in the production and design of the prototype tanks. After the First World War, The Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors decided that the principal inventors of the tank were Sir William Tritton , managing director of ...