Mark V tank
The Mark V tank is a armored vehicle produced by the British Empire during the First World War.
It is a succesor to the Mark IV tank, it includes several improvements to it's predecessor, such as:
A new engine, steering system and transmission. It fell short on some areas like ventilation, which was bad, leading to carbon monoxide poisoning.
Multiple versions of this tank were issued, including armament like 6-pounder guns and machine guns.
The Mark V tank was first sent to battle in July 1918, in the final months of The First World War. It was deployed at the Battle of Hamel, Battle of Amiens, and on the Hindenburg Line
During the Russian Civil War Mark Vs were delivered to Archangelsk, Tallinn, Estonia, and Novorossiysk, where they were captured and used by the Red Army.
Mark V Tank Media
The huge differential gear at the rear of a Mark IV tank
Diagram of the Wilson epicyclic transmission
A British Mark V* tank—on the roof the tank carries an "unditching beam" on rails, that could be attached to the tracks and used to extricate the vehicle from difficult muddy trenches and shell craters
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A Mark V tank at Lamotte-en-Santerre, 8 August 1918, leaving for an attack during the Battle of Amiens.
The driving and forward gunner position of Ol'Faithful
Mark V at the Tank Museum, Bovington. With vertical white-red-white British recognition stripes, still in use up to early part of World War II
Imperial War Museum, London (2006)
Mark V Composite tank in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Mark V tank in Arkhangelsk, captured by the Red Army from the Whites.
