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From the Mark II onwards, a new design was introduced that was smaller, incorporated Lewis or Hotchkiss guns, and allowed for much larger doors. 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.
Although they were in fact Medium II's and always called that way, their official designation was Tank Light Mark IA Special (L) India. Medium II Box Tank: This was a single command tank, converted from a Medium II in 1928, by removing the turret from the fighting compartment and fitting a large rectangular superstructure. Its only armament was ...
Mark II type. Assigned to Keyport, Washington. [12] TRB-33 72TR652 August 1966 Mark II type. Built by Tacoma Boatbuilding. Assigned to Keyport, Washington. Listed for sale in 2012. [38] TRB-10 72TR653 This boat was stricken in 1996. TRB-36 72C4560 February 1961 Mark II type. Assigned to Keyport, Washington. [12] This boat was stricken in 2001 ...
Some vehicles also carried Boys anti-tank rifles. Some also had a No. 11 or No. 19 radio set. Production was stopped in 1942. About 2,800 units were delivered. Describing the vehicle in 1941, a correspondent for The Light Car magazine reported "touching the 60-mark [60 mph (97 km/h)]" while following one along a road. Restricted vision meant ...
Churchill AVRE with fascine on tilt-forward cradle. This particular example is a post-WW2 AVRE on the MK VII chassis. Proposed by a Canadian engineer as a result of experience from the Dieppe Raid, [2] the Assault Vehicle Royal Engineers (AVRE) was a Churchill Mark III or IV equipped with the "Mortar, Recoiling Spigot, Mark II" (or Petard), a spigot mortar [a] that throws the 230 mm (9.1 in ...
The Tank, Cruiser, Mk II (A10), was a cruiser tank developed alongside the A9 cruiser tank, and was intended to be a heavier, infantry tank version of that type. In practice, it was not deemed suitable for the infantry tank role and was classified as a "heavy cruiser". It served briefly in World War II.
A UK order for 300 Sextons was made in mid-1943, albeit built on the hull of the Grizzly tank (a Canadian-built variant of the M4A1 Sherman). The Ram-based SP gun became known as the Sexton Mark I, while the Grizzly-based variant was the Sexton Mark II. UK orders for the Sexton II eventually totalled 2,026 vehicles.
M1918 Ford 3-ton tank; Male tank; Mareșal (tank destroyer) Mark I tank; Mark II tank; Mark III tank; Mark IV tank; Mark V* tank; Mark V** tank; Mark VII tank; Mark VIII tank; Mark V Composite tank in Estonian service; Marmon–Herrington CTLS; Giffard Le Quesne Martel; Matilda I (tank) Matilda II; May 2024 Al-Mawasi refugee camp attack; MBT-70 ...