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The Mark VIII tank also known as the Liberty or The International was a British-American tank design of the First World War intended to overcome the limitations of the earlier British designs and be a collaborative effort to equip France, the UK and the US with a single heavy tank design.
The Mark X was a paper-only project to improve the Mark V, originally known as Mark V*** (L). This was basically a contingency plan in case the Mark VIII project failed (if so a production of 2000 was foreseen for 1919), trying to produce a tank with as many parts of the Mark V as possible but with improved manoeuvrability and crew comfort.
Mark 8 torpedo (1911); American 21-inch torpedo designed by Bliss-Leavitt. 18 inch Mark VIII torpedo; a British 18-inch wet-heater torpedo that began service in 1913; Tank Mark VIII, also known as the "Liberty" or "International tank"; an Anglo-American tank design of the late World War I
The Cromwell tank, officially Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Cromwell (A27M), was one of the series of cruiser tanks fielded by Britain in the Second World War. [ b ] Named after the English Civil War –era military leader Oliver Cromwell , the Cromwell was the first tank put into service by the British to combine high speed from a powerful, reliable ...
Decades after the Civil War, in the 1880s the army established a foundry and armory here, manufacturing both military equipment and ordnance. In 1919–1920 one hundred of the Anglo-American or Liberty Mark VIII tanks were manufactured there, although too late for World War I.
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Among the highlight artifacts in the collection are Serial No. 1 M1903 Springfield Rifle produced at Rock Island Arsenal, Serial No. 2 M1 Garand produced at Springfield Armory, experimental ordnance and weapons systems, and Mark VIII "Liberty" Tank produced at Rock Island Arsenal.
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