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British heavy tanks were a series of related armoured fighting vehicles developed by the UK during the First World War.The Mark I was the world's first tank, a tracked, armed, and armoured vehicle, to enter combat.
Little Willie was a prototype in the development of the British Mark I tank.Constructed in the autumn of 1915 at the behest of the Landship Committee, it was the first completed tank prototype in history.
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:
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 ...
The Medium Mark I replaced some of the Mark V heavy tanks and served in the Royal Tank Regiment, being the first type of in total 200 tanks to be retired in 1938. The Medium Mark I was the first tank to see "mass" production since the last of the ten Char 2C's had been finished in 1921.
The new APFSDS Mark 2 round reportedly has improved penetration compared to the extant Mark 1 round. [ 51 ] [ 50 ] In addition to the existing rounds, the ARDE also developed and successfully tested two high explosive 120 mm rounds for the Arjun: Penetration Cum Blast (PCB) and Thermobaric (TB) Ammunition for urban warfare, which can be fired ...
The first use of tanks on the battlefield was the use of British Mark I tanks by C and D Companies HS MGC at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette (part of the Battle of the Somme) on Friday 15 September 1916, with mixed results. Many broke down, but nearly a third succeeded in breaking through.
The Vijayanta (en: "Victorious") [1] was a main battle tank built in India based on a licensed design of the Vickers Mk.1. The Vijayanta was the first indigenous tank of the Indian Army. The prototype was completed in 1963 [2] and the tank entered service on December 29, 1965. [3] The first 90 vehicles were built by Vickers in the UK. [4]