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Mark V 'Hermaphrodite' (or 'Composite') Tank. The entry/exit doors can be seen below the "female" sponson. The "Female" tank was a variation of the British heavy tank deployed during the First World War. It carried multiple machine guns instead of the mix of machine guns and cannons mounted on the "male" tank.
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] The Tank Museum at Bovington has a replica male tank named the 'Big Brute', originally built for the film War Horse .
Male Mark V tank showing short 6 pounder gun barrel. The "Male" tank was a category of tank prevalent in the First World War.As opposed to the five machine guns of the female version of the Mark I tank, the male version of the Mark I had a QF 6 pounder 6 cwt Hotchkiss and three machine guns.
Fletcher, David (2004), British Mark I Tank 1916, New Vanguard 100, Osprey Publishing Fletcher, David (2007), British Mark IV Tank , New Vanguard 133, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 978-1-84603-082-6 Fletcher, David (2013).
The No1 Lincoln Machine, with lengthened Bullock tracks and Creeping Grip tractor suspension, September 1915. Work on Little Willie's predecessor began in July 1915 by the Landship Committee to meet The United Kingdom's requirement in World War I for an armoured combat vehicle able to cross an 8-foot (2.4 m) trench.
Mark IV Female Liberty: stored at Anniston Army Depot, Anniston, Alabama, US. After decades of exposure to the elements it is in poor condition, but is now in the Armor Restoration Shop at Fort Benning, Georgia where it is being stored ahead of restoration. A Mark IV Female, D51: Deborah, was excavated at the village of Flesquières in France ...
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The first and second tank-against-tank combat in history took place on 24 April 1918 when three A7Vs (including chassis number 561, known as Nixe) taking part in an attack with infantry incidentally met three British Mark IVs (two female machine gun-armed tanks and one male with two 6-pounder guns) near Villers-Bretonneux. During the battle ...