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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.
British Mark VIII at Bovington. A Mark VIII Liberty tank originally at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, in 2010 was transferred to the National Armor and Cavalry Museum at Fort Moore, GA. The vehicle was originally assigned to the American 67th Infantry Regiment (Heavy Tanks) at Fort Moore. A Liberty tank is preserved at Fort Moore, Georgia.
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
English: British Mark VIII tank. Date: circa 1918. Source: This photograph Q 71031 comes from the ...
M1903 Springfield Serial No. 1 on display at the Rock Island Arsenal Museum. 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 ...
A Mark VIII or Liberty tank. The Tank Mark VIII (or "Liberty", after its engine) was an Anglo-American tank design of the First World War, a collaborative effort to equip France, the U.K., and the U.S. with a single heavy tank design built in France for an offensive in 1919. Testing of the design was not finished until after the war, and it was ...
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After World War I, and still using British and French designs, the United States Tank Corps was reduced in size. Renaults and the new Mk VIII "Liberty Tank" were retained: [21] The National Defense Act of 1920 restricted tanks to infantry use only; as a result, the Tank Corps was disbanded, with the remaining tanks distributed among the infantry.