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Revolving turret T

Stabilizer prevented
tank from tipping
.303in Vickers
machine-gun over backward

▲ RENAULT FT-17 ANKS AND ARMORED VEHICLES
Date 1917 Origin France
Weight 7.7 tons (7 tonnes)
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Length 16 ⁄2ft (5.02m)
Top speed 5mph (8kph)
Engine 35hp (26.1kW)
Also adopted by the US Army, the
Renault FT-17 became the most
widely used tank after World War I,
and more than 3,500 were built.

▼ A7V
STURMPANZERWAGEN
Date 1918 Origin Germany
Weight 33 tons (29.8 tonnes)
Length 24ft (7.34m)
Top speed 8mph (13kph)
Engine Two 100hp (74.6kW)
The A7V tank, based on an
Strengthened American tracked tractor, came
chassis into service only in the last
Solid tires year of World War I, and just
▼ MEDIUM MARK A Developed as a scouting tank 30 were built. It had
WHIPPET by cavalry units, the Whippet’s two Daimler-Benz
Date 1917 Origin UK tracks were each driven by a Access hatch gasoline engines.
separate, 45hp (33.6kW), 6-
Weight 15.6 tons (14.2 tonnes) cylinder gasoline engine. The
Length 33ft (10.1m) vehicle was turned by varying
Top speed 7mph (12kph) one engine’s speed relative to
the other. The fixed turret had
Engine Two 45hp (33.6kW)
three or four machine-guns.

5.7cm gun in
rotating cupola

30mm thick
side armor

Rails carried
“un-ditching” beam
◀ MARK V TANK The Mark V tank saw the
Date 1918 Origin UK introduction of epicyclic
gearing, enabling the tank to
Weight 32.5 tons (29.5 tonnes)
be steered by one man instead
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Length 26 ⁄2ft (8.05m) of the four previously required.
Top speed 5mph (8kph) When chained to the tracks, its
“un-ditching” beam was carried
Engine 150hp (111.8kW)
under the tank to free it when
stuck in mud.