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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 ]
Mark V "male" tank, showing short 6-pounder (57-mm) Hotchkiss gun in right sponson A Mark V* tank – on the roof, the tank carries an unditching beam on rails, that could be attached to the tracks and used to extricate itself from difficult muddy trenches and shell craters A Mark V** tank. The Mark V was first intended to be a completely new ...
A Mark V SOC launching a ScanEagle UAV. The Mark V has the capacity to carry sixteen fully equipped SEALs to missions 500 miles (800 km) away from where they are based. They ride on seats that are designed for maximum comfort and shock mitigation in high seas or heavy maneuvering, and allows occupants to either stand or sit.
Mark V Composite tank in Estonian service; specific design and service of the Mark V tank as used by Estonia; BL 8-inch howitzer Mk I – V; World War I British gun, heavy and short-range; Mk 5 mine (1943); British anti-tank mine used in World War II; Supermarine Spitfire Mk V; 1941 British fighter aircraft augmented with high-altitude ...
Development of a tank classification system started in World War I, when tanks were separated into light tanks and tankettes, medium tanks, and heavy tanks, based on size and weight. Heavy tanks were required to be large to cross trenches, and consequently weighed a lot. Medium tanks were smaller and had help to cross trenches so weighed less.
In the Battle of Amiens, 8 August 1918, the British Mk V* tank (a lengthened Mark V) carried a small number of machine gunners as an experiment, but the men were debilitated by the conditions inside the vehicle. [28] Later that year the first purpose-built APC, the British Mk IX tank (Mark Nine), appeared.
The Mark V was intended to be built as completely new design. However, in December 1917, when the desired new engine and transmission became available, this design was abandoned and the designation switched to an improved version of the Mark IV, in fact a Mark IV as it was originally intended: more power (150 bhp) with a new Ricardo engine, improved steering mechanism and epicyclical ...
A French standard tun cask size was established about 1450. [ 3 ] : 9 The 15th century Bordeaux wine tun was between 240 and 252 imperial gallons (1,090 and 1,150 L; 288 and 303 US gal). [ 4 ] : 378–379 [ a ] When measuring the tonnage of a ship, the approximately cylindrical cask would have air space around it when stowed in a ship.