comparison, world, tanks, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, m. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Comparison of World War I tanks news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message This is a comparison of the characteristics of tanks used in World War I Contents 1 Tanks used in World War I 2 Immediate post war tanks 3 See also 4 Notes 5 ReferencesTanks used in World War I editTank Country Year introduced Production total Crew Armament number of rounds Armour thickness front side top Weight Engine power weight ratio Speed RangeMark I Male UK 1916 75 8 2x QF 6 pdr 57mm 324 3 MG 6 272 12 10 6 mm 28 4 t Petrol 105 hp 78 kW 3 7 hp t 4 5 km h 2 8 mph 37 km 23 mi Female 75 5 Vickers machine gun 1x Hotchkiss 30 080 27 4 tMark IV Male UK 1917 420 8 2x QF 6 pdr 57mm 6 cwt a 332 3 303 Lewis Gun 6 272 14 12 8 mm 28 5 t 125 hp 93 kW 5 6 km h 3 5 mph 56 km 35 mi Female 595 b 5 Lewis guns 10 000 27 tMark V Male UK 1918 200 8 QF 6 pdr 57mm 6 cwt 207 4 MG 5 800 14 14 8 mm 29 5 t 150 hp 112 kW 5 1 5 4 hp t 7 5 km h 4 7 mph 72 km 45 mi Female 200 6 303 MG 14 100 28 5 tMark V Male UK 1918 200 8 14infantry c 2 6 pdr 221 8 MG 8 400 14 12 6 mm 33 t 4 km h 2 5 mph 63 km 39 mi Female 432 10 MG 16 800 32 tMedium Mark A Whippet UK 1918 200 3 4 4 303 Hotchkiss Mk I machine gun 5 400 14 14 5 mm 14 t Petrol 2 45 hp 34 kW 6 4 hp t 13 km h 8 1 mph 64 km 40 mi Schneider CA1 France 1917 400 6 75 mm Blockhaus Schneider 94 96 2 8 mm Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine gun 3 840 11 5 11 5 5 5 mm 13 5 t 60 hp 45 kW 8 km h 5 0 mph 48 km 30 mi 1917 24 17 5 5 mm 14 6 t 75 km 47 mi Saint Chamond France 1917 165 8 75mm Saint Chamond Mondragon 106 108 4 8 mm MG 7 488 11 5 17 5 5 mm 22 t 90 hp 67 kW petrol electric transmission 4 1 hp t 12 km h 7 5 mph 60 km 37 mi Saint Chamond Modele 18 1917 235 Canon de 75 modele 1897 106 108 4 8 mm MG 7 488 11 5 8 17 5 5 mm 24 tRenault FT mitrailleuse France 1918 3 694 d 2 8 mm Mle 1914 machine gun 4 800 16 8 6 mm 6 5 t 35 hp 26 kW 10 7 hp t 20 km h 12 mph 60 km 37 mi Renault FT canon 1918 37 mm Puteaux SA 18 240 6 7 tA7V Germany 1918 20 18 5 7 cm Maxim Nordenfelt 180 6 MG 08 e 10 000 15 000 30 20 10 mm 32 t 2 100 hp 75 kW 6 25 hp t 15 km h 9 3 mph 80 km 50 mi Immediate post war tanks editTanks planned for production and with completed prototypes during the war but entered service after it ended Prototype World War I Tanks that entered service after but as designed in World War I Name Country Year Planned prod actual total Crew Armament ammo rds Armour thickness front side top Weight tonnes Engine Speed RangeFCM Char 2C France 1918 300 10 12 Canon de 75 modele 1897 4 7 92 mm MG 45 22 10 mm 70 t Petrol 2 200 250 hp 15 km h 160 kmMark VIII US UK 1918 1500 125 12 2 6 pdr 7 MGs 16 16 6 mm 33 6 t Petrol 300 340 hp 8 km h 89 km 55 mi Medium Mark B UK 1918Medium Mark C UK 1918 5 Machine gunsLK II Germany 1 1918 580 24 3 37mm or 7 92mm MG 14 8 8 75 t Petrol 60 hp 45 kW 14 km h 65 70 kmSee also editComparison of early World War II tanks History of the tankNotes edit a shortened version of the gun used in the Mark I The reduction in muzzle velocity was not a problem as the guns fired HE shells over short ranges A further 250 unarmed tanks were built for carrying supplies The tank was lengthened to cross wider trenches and the increased internal space was a bonus The U S made 950 M1917 light tanks a near copy of the FT design but only 64 were finished before the end of the war and none saw combat There was briefly one A7V with two extra machine guns in place of the 57 mm cannon It was later converted to use the 57mm cannon Postwar 10 Delivered to Sweden 14 to Hungary References editEllis Chris Chamberlain Peter 1969 No 3 Tanks Marks I to V AFV Profile Profile Publishing 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 Great War Tank Mark IV Haynes ISBN 978 0 85733 242 4 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Comparison of World War I tanks amp oldid 1152287870, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
