Mark II (tank)
The Mark II was a British tank from the First World War . It was a further development of the Mark I , in which the steering wheel was removed because it had proven to be a hindrance. The tower was also narrowed, as the use of a wider crawler track was planned. The most important difference, however, was that these vehicles were only intended for training purposes - therefore only minimal armor protection was available. There were holes in the steel plates into which additional plates could be hung if necessary.
As an emergency measure, 45 of the 50 unarmored vehicles were used in France in April 1917. The dimensions matched those of the Mark I.
Whereabouts
The only surviving Mark II, the F53 The Flying Scotsman , is in the Bovington Tank Museum (South West England). It still shows the damage received during the Battle of Arras in April 1917.
literature
- David Fletcher: Landships - British Tanks in the First World War. HMSO 1984, ISBN 0-11-290409-2 .
