Название: British Mark IV Tank
Автор: David Fletcher, Tony Bryan
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey New Vanguard 133
ISBN: 978 1846030826
Год издания: 2007
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 52
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 2,9 MB
Amongst the first ever mass-produced tanks in history, the British Mk IV has been classified as one of the most successful heavy tanks to have fought in World War I.
Mechanically similar to its predecessors, the Mark IV embodied various improvements, suggested by experience with earlier variants, including better armour, improved weapons and easier transportation.
It proved its worth at the landmark battle of Cambrai in November 1917, when 460 Mark IVs were deployed for the first time against the enemy with great effect. Arguably changing the nature of war on the Western Front, the Mark IV was one of the first vehicles in the world to partake in a tank duel when, in 1918, it met the German A7V in combat.