Tank Mark I

     
Název:
Name:
Tank Mark I Tank Mark I
Originální název:
Original Name:
Tank Mark I
Kategorie:
Category:
těžký tank heavy tank
Výrobce:
Producer:
DD.MM.1916-DD.MM.1916 William Foster & Co. Ltd., Lincoln /
DD.MM.1916-DD.MM.1916 Metropolitan Carriage Wagon & Finance Co. Ltd., Oldbury /
Období výroby:
Production Period:
DD.06.1916-DD.MM.1916
Vyrobeno kusů:
Number of Produced:
150 (75 Male + 75 Female):
25 Foster
125 Metropolitan
Prototyp vyroben:
Prototype Built:
DD.01.1916 The Mother
Osádka:
Crew:
8
Technické údaje:
Technical Data:
 
Bojová hmotnost:
Combat Weight:
28448 kg 62717 lb
Délka s kanónem dopředu:
Length with Gun Forward:
9906 mm 32 ft 6 in
Délka korby:
Hull Length:
7925 mm 26 ft
Celková šířka:
Overall Width:
42041) mm 13 ft 9 ½ in 1)
Celková výška:
Overall Height:
243 mm 9 ⅝ in
Světlá výška:
Ground Clearance:
? mm ?
Šířka pásu:
Track Width:
521 mm 1 ft 8 ½ in
Měrný tlak:
Ground Pressure:
0.19 MPa 27.8 psi
Pancéřování:
Armour:
Přední - 12 mm
Boky - 10 mm
Zadní - 10 mm
Horní - 6 mm
Spodní - 6 mm
Front - 0.50 in
Sides - 0.375 in
Back - 0.375 in
Roof - 0.25 in
Belly - 0.25 in
Pohon:
Propulsion:
 
Typ:
Type:
šestiválec Daimler-Knight Daimler-Knight six-cylinder engine
Výkon:
Power:
78.3 kW při 1000 ot/min 105 bhp at 1000 rpm
Převodové ústrojí:
Transmission:
dvourychlostní převodovka se dvěma pomocnými, 4 rychlosti vpřed a dvě vzad two-speed and reverse main gearbox with secondary two-speed selectors
Výkony:
Performance:
 
Rychlost na silnici:
Road Speed:
6 km/h 3.7 mph
Rychlost v terénu:
Cross-country Speed:
? km/h ? mph
Jízdní dosah po silnici:
Cruising Range on Road:
38 km 23.6 mi
Jízdní dosah v terénu:
Cross-country Cruising Range:
? km ? mi
Překonávání překážek:
Obstacles Crossing:
 
Svah:
Gradient:
? ° ? %
Boční náklon:
Side Slope:
? ° ? %
Překročivost:
Trench Crossing:
3.512) m 138 in2)
Výstupnost:
Vertical Obstacle:
1.37 m 54 in
Brodivost:
Fording Depth:
1.37 m 54 in
Výzbroj:
Armament:
 
Hlavní:
Main:
Male:
2x šestiliberní kanon Hotchkiss QF (334 nábojů)

Female:
4x kulomet Vickers ráže 7,7 mm (24320 nábojů)
Male:
2x Hotchkiss QF 6 pdr gun (334 rounds)

Female:
4x .303 in Vickers machine gun (24320 rounds)
Vedlejší:
Secondary:
Male:
3x kulomet Hotchkiss ráže 7,7 mm


Female:
1x kulomet Hotchkiss ráže 7,7 mm
Male:
3x .303 in Hotchkiss machine gun


Female:
1x .303 in Hotchkiss machine gun
Uživatelské státy:
User States:
Poznámka:
Note:
1) Male; Female 4382 mm
šířka bez sponsonů 2654 mm
2) s pomocnými koly; bez 3,05 m
1) Male; Female 14 ft 4 ½ in
width without sponsons 8 ft 8 ½ in
2) with tail; without tail 120 in
Zdroje:
Sources:
Moore, Craig. Tank Hunter: World War One. The History Press, Stroud 2017. ISBN: 978-0-7509-8659-5.
White. B. T. British Tanks 1915-1945. Ian Allan Ltd., Hampton Court 1963.
Ellis, Chris; Chamberlain, Peter. Tanks Marks I to V, AFV No.3. Profile Publications, Leatherhead 1969.
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Landship Mark I

The first tanks
During the First World War, there was a stalemate on the Western Front. Both opponents almost bled to death in fortified attempts to break through well-fortified enemy positions with frontal attacks.

British officers from the ranks of engineers, artillerymen and sailors presented the idea of a self-propelled artillery position. Designers William Tritton and Walter Wilson, based on this idea, designed a prototype of a tracked vehicle, known by the nickname "Little Willie". After its tests in 1915, it was designed its own combat vehicle of rhomboid appearance with a tracked chassis. The wheel was placed at the rear of the vehicle and served for better turning. During the tests, this vehicle received several names, for example: Big Willie, Mother, Landship.

Mark I
The idea of ground troops armed with a self-propelled firing position that would be resistant to enemy fire and capable of off-road driving was strongly supported by the First Lord of the Admiralty W. Churchill. Perhaps that is why one of the names of this technique was the term: Landship and its introduction into armaments and modifications, decided by the Landships Committee (Commission for Land Ships).

Among the cover designations, the most common terms were: Water carriers for Mesopotamia, or Petersburg's water tank, abbreviated Tank. The machine gun version of the tank was given the designation "Tank Mark I Female" and the cannon "Tank Mark I Male".

Basic data of the Mark I tank
- crew: 8 people
- machine gun version weight: 27.43 (27 long tons)
- cannon version weight: 28.45 (28 long tons)
- length: 7.93 m (32.5 ′)
- width: 4.13 m (13.75 ′)
- height: 2,45 m (8 ′)

Power unit
- type: Foster-Daimler
- description: petrol, water-cooled, six-cylinder
- content: 13 dm3
- power: 78.3 kW (105 HP SAE)

Performances
- max speed: 6 km/h (3.7 mph)
- range: about 32-40 km (20 to 25 miles)

Armor
- hull front: 12 mm (0.47 ")
- hull sides: 10 mm (0.4 ")
- hull from above: 6 mm (0.23 ")

Armament stored on the sides of the vehicle in so-called sponsons and in separate side loopholes
- machine gun version: 5-6 machine guns, most often Vickers, Hotchkiss and Madsen
- guided machine gun ammunition: 30080 pieces

- cannon version: 2x 6-pdr QF, d/40, Hotchkiss systems, plus 4x machine gun
- guided machine gun ammunition: 6272 pieces
- carried cannon ammunition: 324 pieces

Number of machines produced
- year of production: 1916
- in the machine gun version: 75 pieces
- cannon version: 75 pieces

Note
The 6-pound QF Hotchkiss Mark I cannon, Hotchkiss-Nordenfelt Model 1883, was taken over by tanks from the Royal Navy.

Basic data 6-pdr QF Mark I
- caliber 57 mm (2.244 ")
- barrel length 40 calibers
- range 8 km
- firing rate around 20 rounds per minute

Note
Illustrations used from the sources below.

Resources
Martin Havelka: How the tank was born, www.valka.cz
František Novoný: Churchill's "tanks", www.valka.cz
Albert G. Stern: Tanks, 1914-1918: the log book of a pioneer, Hodder and Stoughton, London 1919, ISBN: none
ČSN 011300 Legal units of measure, Tables SI, Prague 1977 and 1987

Internet
homepage.ntlworld.com
www.angelfire.com
www.answers.com
www.bbc.co.uk
www.firstaif.info
https://www.tankmuseum.co.uk/newsart_0506.html
Tank Mark I - Rozmístění osádky tanku Mark I - via BBC.

Rozmístění osádky tanku Mark I - via BBC.
Tank Mark I - Prostorový řez tanku Mark I - via BBC.

Prostorový řez tanku Mark I - via BBC.
Tank Mark I - Axonometrický nákres tanku Mark I - via BBC.

Axonometrický nákres tanku Mark I - via BBC.
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Vagónování tank with a Russian inscription: Ostorožno Pjetrograd b 743.

Illustration taken from the book:
Albert G. Stern: Tanks, 1914-1918: the log book of a pioneer..
Tank Mark I - Fotoarchiv firmy Foster & Co.

Fotoarchiv firmy Foster & Co.
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1. Hydraulic jack
2. Cooler
3. Oil tank
4. Engine
5. Exhaust pipe
6. Command/driving superstructure
7. Steering wheel
8. Transmission


Source.
Tank Mark I -


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Source: Bronekolekcia 2000/5 Suchoputnye tanki (English WWI tjažolyje tanki) S. Fedoseejev
Tank Mark I -


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Mark I

C Company
Heavy Section Machine Gun Corps
Flers-Courcellette 1916

The tanks of C company were before the first deployment additionally equipped with another wooden frame with pletivam, to prevent the impact of hand grenades on the ceiling of the vehicle.
Tank Mark I -


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A way of overcoming anti-tank ditch romboidním tank without and with the auxiliary wheels.

Source: Bronekolekcia 2000/5 Suchoputnyje tanki (Anglijskie tjažolyje tanki WWI). Fedoseejev.
Tank Mark I -


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Diskuse

My article probably cannot be compared with those already mentioned, so I do not dare to publish it here as such, but for the sake of completeness I will at least give a link:
modelar.borec.cz
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(Armament stored on the sides of the vehicle in the so-called sponsons)This is the first time I have encountered this term here on WAR.I have always read the term barbette.The place where the guns are stored.Supposedly it was called so because the barbette is used in the navy and the SAMEC tank carried just naval guns...Otherwise I think that there is a misstatement regarding the number of kumomets. Due to the fact that the rear machine gun was armed only with the Mark-V tank.In that case it should be true that the number of the Mark-I SAMEC tank is 3 and the number of the SAMICE tank is 5 Smile
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A more likely name is sponson, just from the shape (this name is also used in the navy and the armament is also placed on ships).


The barbette is a protective circular armour protecting the heavy artillery of a ship, when gun turrets came into use, the circular base of the turret came to be called this. Sponson, on the other hand, refers to the projection from the side of an object outwards. Both are visible on the French armoured ship Redoutable: en.wikipedia.org (main armament in barbettes and hull guns in sponsons - near the funnel)
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So it is possible...tanks from The 1.world war quite a lot, and that is why I stopped short term sponson.With this expression I use in the ground combat techniques of 1.world war ii and specifically in tanks MARK met for the first time.I've always just everywhere I read just the expression of the barbet for Very Happy.
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