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Armored cars
Machine Gun
| Designation | Picture | Years development | Years production | Qty PC. | Short description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong-whitworth | 1915 | 1915-1916 | |||
| Austin | 1914 | 1914-1915 | 168 | ||
| DeLaunay-Belleville | |||||
| Ford 1916 | |||||
| Garford Model 1914 | |||||
| Lanchester | 1914 | 1914-1916 | ~ 50 | ||
| Peerles | |||||
| Rolls royce | 1914 | 1914-1918 | 120 | ||
| Sheffield-Simplex | 1914-1915 | 1915 | 25 | ||
| Talbot | |||||
| Wolseley | |||||
| Wolseley CP Type |
Cannon
| Designation | Picture | Years development | Years production | Qty PC. | Short description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seabrook |
Other developments
| Designation | Picture | Years development | Years production | Qty PC. | Short description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC | |||||
| Armored Ivel Tractor | |||||
| Leyland Armored Lorry | |||||
| Suzare-Berwick "Wind Wagon" |
Colonial and improvised armored cars
| Designation | Picture | Years development | Years production | Qty PC. | Short description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Indian Pattern | |||||
| FIAT Indian Pattern | |||||
| Guinness armored lorry | 1916 | four | |||
| Rolls-Royce Indian Pattern |
Tanks and tank technology
Light tanks
| Designation | Picture | Years development | Years production | Qty PC. | Short description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mk a whippet | 1916-1917 | 1917-1918 | 200 | Medium Mk A Whippet developed a speed of 14 km / h, had a combat weight of 14 tons, was protected by 14-mm armor and armed with four machine guns; the crew consisted of three people. Cruising was 130 km. |
Medium Tanks
| Designation | Picture | Years development | Years production | Qty PC. | Short description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little willie | 1915 | Not in service | one | ||
| Mk b | 45 | ||||
| Mk c | 36 |
Heavy tanks
| Designation | Picture | Years development | Years production | Qty PC. | Short description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big wheel landship | |||||
| Flying elephant | 1916 | Not embodied in metal | |||
| Pedrail landship | |||||
| Mk i | 1916 | 1916-1917 | 150 | Mark I had an unusual diamond shape, which was supposed to give the greatest length of the caterpillar, which allowed to overcome wide trenches. The main armament was placed in the sponsons on the sides of the tank. Mark I had a layout without a clear division of the tank into compartments: the engine with the transmission passed through most of the length of the tank, occupying the main part of the internal space. Along the sides of the engine and transmission were the aisles and the sponsons who served as weapons, and there was a control section at the frontal end of the hull. The crew consisted of eight people. The tank commander, usually a junior lieutenant or lieutenant, who also served as the shooter from the frontal machine gun and sometimes the assistant driver and the driver himself were located in the control compartment on the left and on the right, respectively. In each of the sponsons, there was a gunner and a loader (on "males"), or two machine gunners (on "females"), and in the aisles in the aft half of the hull there were two driver assistants. Sometimes a ninth member was added to the crew, whose task was, while in the stern of the tank, at the radiator, to defend the stern sector of the tank from infantry with personal weapons. There were 2 types of tank Mark I - "male" and "female". Differences "male" from the "female" consisted in the mass, and in the presence of certain weapons. So the "male" had a weight of about 28.5 tons and in service had a machine gun and two 57-mm guns. The “female” weighed a ton less and had only machine guns in service. | |
| Mk II | 1916 | from December 1916 to January 1917 | 50 | English heavy tank since the First World War. It was a further development of the Mark I. Rear wheels removed. The tank was used for training purposes only. Additional armor plates were provided, which were attached to the body. 20 tanks were sent to France, 25 remained at the test site in Dorset in the UK, the other five were saved for use as test ones. 20 tanks joined the other Mark 1 at the Battle of Arras in April 1917. The Germans were able to penetrate the armor of Mark I and Mark II from a machine gun. | |
| Mk III | 50 | ||||
| Mk IV | 1916 | 1916-1917 | 1015 | British heavy tank during the First World War. Like the previous British tanks, it was produced in two versions, differing among themselves in armament: “male” - with mixed cannon-machine-gun armament and “female” - with purely machine-gun armament. | |
| Mk v | 1917 | 1918-1919 | 400 | British heavy tank during the First World War. Like the previous British tanks, it was produced in two versions, differing among themselves in armament: “male” - with mixed cannon-machine-gun armament and “female” - with purely machine-gun armament. | |
| Mk V * | 1918 | 1918 | 579 | British heavy tank during the First World War. It is a front-end modification of the Mk V heavy tank. Made by adding a two-meter section to the tank hull of the Mk IV or Mk V tank cut in half. That is, the machine, without losing its longitudinal rigidity, was able to overcome wider ditches and trenches. The track adhesion to the ground improved, the internal volume increased, which made it possible to transport additional supplies or troops from 25 infantrymen. The first attempt to land a tank landing was on August 8, 1918 near Amiens, but it was unsuccessful - the soldiers were angry because of poor ventilation. | |
| Mk V ** | 1918 | 197 | |||
| Mk VI | |||||
| Mk VII | 3 | ||||
| Mk VIII (with US ) | 1917 | 1919-1920 | 100 | Heavy tank during the First World War, a joint development of Britain and the United States. Production of the Mk VIII began too late, and he could not take part in the war. Mk VIII was used for training purposes until the early 1930s, and after being removed from service by 1932, they remained in storage until the beginning of World War II, after which several of them were transferred to Canada for training purposes at the price of scrap metal. | |
| Mk IX | 36 |
Other developments
| Designation | Picture | Years development | Years production | Qty PC. | Short description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gun Carrier Mark I | |||||
| Moskoukladchik "Ark" |
Notes
Literature
- Kochnev E.D. Encyclopedia of military vehicles . - 2nd ed. - M .: Behind the wheel, 2008. - 640 with. - 3000 copies - ISBN 978-5-9698-0152-3 .
- Fedoseev S. L. Tanks of the First World War. Illustrated Encyclopedia. - Moscow : Astrel Publishing House LLC, AST Publishing House LLC, 2002. - 288 p. - (Military equipment). - 7000 copies - ISBN 5-17-010599-1 .
- Kholyavsky G. L. Encyclopedia of armored weapons and equipment. Wheeled and semi-tracked armored cars and armored personnel carriers. - Mn. : Harvest, 2004. - 656 pp., Ill. - (Library of military history). - 5100 copies - ISBN 985-13-1765-9 .
Links
- Aviarmor.ru. Armored cars of Great Britain . The appeal date is August 27, 2011. Archived August 26, 2012.
- Aviarmor.ru. Tanks and armored vehicles of Great Britain . The appeal date is August 27, 2011. Archived August 26, 2012.