Mark IV "Male"
British Army, #F56 "Flypaper", France, 1917
(Wings of the Great War WW10003)
- Weight: 28 tons
- Dimensions: 26'5" x 13'6" x 8'2"
- Crew: 8
- Power Plant: Daimler 6-cylinder = 105 hp
- Armor: 6-12 mm
- Speed: 5 mph
- Armament: 2 x 6 pdr (57 mm) QF guns; 3 x .303 cal Lewis machine guns
- Notes: The Mark IV tank - first seeing combat duty in 1917 - was the most popular British tank of World War I with more than 1,200 units being produced. It benefited greatly from its Mark variant predecessors (some of the first tanks ever manufactured) and was a clear improvement in armor, fuel-tank placement, and overall ease of transport. The IV was equipped with .303 Lewis machine guns and a 6-pounder 57mm QF side-mounted gun on the male variant. Aside from the French Renault FT, the Mark series of tanks was considered the most successful of the entire war.
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