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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 decided to build 100 ...
A Marine tank platoon consisted of 3 or 4 tanks commanded by an Officer, usually a Lieutenant, who also was in charge of his tank. The other tanks were controlled by a Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO), usually a sergeant. [9] A tank company was three platoons plus two or three tanks in a headquarters company commanded by a captain in rank. [9]
The first American-produced heavy tank was the 43.5-ton Mark VIII (sometimes known as the "Liberty"), a US–British development of the successful British heavy tank design, intended to equip the Allied forces. Armed with two 6-pounder cannons and five rifle-caliber machine guns, it was operated by an 11-man crew, and had a maximum speed of 6.5 ...
301st Tank Battalion going into action with Mark Vs at Saint-Souplet, France in October 1918 (Selle battle) The 326th (under the command of Sereno E. Brett) and 327th Tank Battalions (later renamed the 344th and 345th [7] and organized into the 304th Tank Brigade, commanded by Patton), were the first into combat, beginning with the Battle of Saint-Mihiel as part of the US IV Corps on 12 ...
The Ford 3-ton tank, also known as the Ford Model 1918 (M1918) was one of the first indigenous tank designs by the U.S. It was a small two-man, one-gun tank. It was a small two-man, one-gun tank. Essentially the first tankette , it was armed with an M1917 Marlin machine gun , later an M1919 Browning machine gun , and could reach a maximum speed ...
The Heavy Tank M6 was an American heavy tank designed during World War II. The tank was produced in small numbers and never saw combat. The tank was produced in small numbers and never saw combat. Development history
By 6 July 1951, OTCM (Ordnance Technical Committee Minutes) 33842 officially initiated the development project with two new vehicles designated: the 105 mm gun tank T54, and the 105 mm gun tank T54E1. [3] The T54's 105 mm T140 gun was a lighter version of the 105 mm T5E2, which was the armament of the T29 Heavy Tank. Designed for use with an ...
The T29 Heavy Tank was an American heavy tank project started in March 1944 to counter the appearance of the German Tiger II heavy tank. The T29 was not ready in time for the war in Europe , but it did provide post-war engineers with opportunities for applying engineering concepts to artillery and automotive components.