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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. In 1918 it was decided that tanks should be "hermaphrodite", simultaneously male and female, carrying both heavy armament and lighter machine guns.
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]
Light tank Mk VII Tetrarch Mk I with Littlejohn adaptor.. The Littlejohn adaptor was a device that could be added to the British QF 2 pounder (40 mm) anti-tank gun. It was used to extend the service life of the 2-pounder during the Second World War by converting it to squeeze bore operation.
Mark I or Mark 1 often refers to the first version of a weapon or military vehicle, and is sometimes used in a similar fashion in civilian product development. In some instances, the Arabic numeral "1" is substituted for the Roman numeral "I". "Mark", meaning "model" or "variant", can itself be abbreviated "Mk." It may refer to:
Mark III, Merkava main battle tank (Israel Defense Forces) Mark 4 aerial atomic bomb, several United States atomic gravity bombs employed a Mark-# scheme ; A.T. Mine G.S. Mark V an anti-tank mine of the WWII British Army; Mk 6 Assault Boat (British Army) Mark 7 nuclear bomb; Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII - eighth in series of British Army cruiser tanks
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Medium Mark I CS and Medium Mark IA CS: a dozen [citation needed] tanks were rebuilt as close support vehicles, mainly for smoke laying, equipped with a 15-pounder mortar. [6] Experimental Wheel and Track Medium Mark I: this was a wheel-cum-track project of 1926 to improve strategic mobility by overcoming track wear. The tank could be elevated ...
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