Male tank
Category of tanks during World War I / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The "Male" tank was a category of tank prevalent in the First World War. As opposed to the five machine guns of the female version of the Mark I tank, the male version of the Mark I had a QF 6 pounder 6 cwt Hotchkiss and three machine guns. Ernest Swinton, instrumental in developing the British tank and co-creator of the term "tank" (originally a code word), is credited with inventing these gender-related terms, thinking that the best tank tactics would have the two types attacking in consort.[1]
- Combat weight: 28 tons (28.4 tonnes)
This article needs additional citations for verification. (January 2021) |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/British_Mark_V_%28male%29_tank.jpg/640px-British_Mark_V_%28male%29_tank.jpg)