A basic introduction to the Mark I tank, a brief introduction to the tank

The Mark tank is a new type of tank made in Britain in 1916 and is known as the originator of tanks. At that time, in order to keep it secret, the British described this new type of ** as a "tank" (English "tank") for delivering water to the front line. As a result, the name is still used today, and "tank" is a transliteration of the word.

Name: mark1 (mark1 "male").

Type: Tank.

Manufacturer: United Kingdom.

Vehicle weight: 28 tons.

**: 2 x 57mm Hotchkiss 6-pounder rapids, 4 x Khazikis machine guns.

Armor thickness: 6 mm.

Tanks, the main ones of modern land warfare, tracked armored combat vehicles with direct firepower, cross-country capabilities and armor protection, are the only ones on land that are more important than wheeled armored vehicles, mainly performing combat with opposing tanks or other armored vehicles, and can also suppress, destroy anti-tanks, destroy fortifications, and annihilate enemy land forces. Usually the tank is usually equipped with several anti-aircraft (anti-aircraft) or coaxial (side-by-side) machine guns and a medium or large-caliber gun (some modern tank guns can even fire anti-tank anti-aircraft missiles), which is a classic embodiment of combat with firepower. Most tanks use rotating turrets, but a few use fixed guns.

The tank is mainly composed of the first system, the aiming system, the power system, the communication system, the armored hull and other systems. [1]

At the same time, the tank is also the land war with the most natural enemies, and even some tank factories are still developing anti-tank, anti-tank has become an important skill of the armies of various countries, although the tank is developing, but the development speed of the tank itself is really not able to catch up with the development speed of anti-tank, and the tank will fall into the two paradoxical problems that protection and cross-country ability can not be both. Unless new lightweight protective materials are developed to improve armor in the future, the situation of tanks in future wars will be really dangerous [2] . 3]

Chinese name tank.

Foreign name panzer, tank

First appearance. Battle of the Somme.

Country of Origin: United Kingdom.

related wars. First world war.

The main task. Combat on land.

Tank, the main force of modern land warfare, has the reputation of "the king of land warfare", it is a tracked armored combat vehicle with strong direct firepower, high off-road mobility and strong armor protection, mainly performing combat with opposing tanks or other armored vehicles, and can also suppress, destroy anti-tank **, destroy fortifications, and annihilate the enemy's living forces. Tanks are generally armed with a medium or large-caliber gun (some modern tanks can even fire anti-tank missiles) and several anti-aircraft (anti-aircraft) or coaxial (side-by-side) machine guns. Most tanks use rotating turrets, but a few use fixed guns.

The tank is mainly composed of the first system, fire control system, power system, communication system, armored vehicle body and other systems.

It is one of the main forces of modern land warfare, with direct firepower, cross-country ability and armor protection, tracked armored combat vehicles, is the only one in the land ** higher importance than wheeled armored vehicles, mainly used to fight with the opponent's tanks or other armored vehicles, but also to suppress, eliminate anti-tank **, destroy fortifications, annihilate the enemy's land forces.

Tanks are generally equipped with several anti-aircraft (anti-aircraft) or coaxial (side-by-side) machine guns and a medium- or large-caliber gun (some modern tanks can even fire anti-tank anti-aircraft missiles), which is a classic embodiment of combat by firepower. Tanks mostly use rotating turrets, but a few use stationary guns. Smooth.

In fact, tanks are also the land warfare with the most natural enemies, and even some tank factories have also developed anti-tanks, and anti-tank has become an important capability of the armies of various countries. Although the tank is developing, the development speed of the tank itself is really not able to catch up with the development speed of the anti-tank **, and the tank will fall into the dilemma of two paradoxes that protection and cross-country ability cannot be both.

Tank, or known as combat vehicle, the main force of modern land warfare, has the reputation of "the king of land warfare", it is a tracked armored combat vehicle with strong direct firepower, high off-road mobility and strong armor protection, mainly performing combat with opposing tanks or other armored vehicles, and can also suppress, eliminate anti-tank **, destroy fortifications, and annihilate the enemy's living forces.

、All for your own sake to fight and。

The Type I tank was one of the world's first tanks converted from a Holt tracked tractor. It walks on tracks, like laying an infinitely extended track for the tank, allowing it to maneuver over muddy and undulating fields full of ravines and craters. The ground contact length of the track is up to 4-6 meters, which expands the ground contact area of the tank, so the pressure on the ground is more than half less than that of the wheels, increasing the ability of the tank to pass on soft and muddy roads.

When the tank engine is working, the driving wheels mounted on both sides of the rear of the vehicle rotate, thereby driving the track shoes to move, and rotate in a quadrilateral shape under the support of the inducing wheels, and the weight of the tank itself is transmitted to the track through the load-bearing wheels. When the track movement produces friction with the ground, because the track shoes have patterns and crawlers, they can firmly grasp the ground on the road surface such as rain, snow, ice, etc., and will not slip. And because of the high position of the center of the induction wheel, the ability to pass through the trench and vertical wall is strong, and the width of the trench of the general tank can reach 2-3 meters, and it can pass through the vertical wall of 1 meter high.

The tracks also allow the tank to walk in the soft mud of the river bottom when crossing the river, and in the case of floating crossings, the tracks can act like propellers to generate propulsion and propel the vehicle forward.

In August 1915, the world's first tank was born in Britain. In 1916, the Mark-type tank was produced, which had a diamond-shaped outline and rigid suspension, with protruding gun mounts on the tracks on both sides of the hull, two tracks around the hull from the top, and a pair of steering wheels sticking out from the rear of the car. The tank has a crew of 8 people, and there are two types, "male" and "female".

The male "was armed with 2 57-mm guns and 4 machine guns, and the "female" was armed with only 5 machine guns. On September 15, 1916, 60 "Mark" tanks were put into action for the first time in the Battle of the Somme.

This kind of tank, called the Mark type, walked on tracks, could gallop across the field, cross obstacles and trenches, was not afraid of bullets and bullets, and was unobstructed, and soon broke through the German defense line, thus opening up a new era of army mechanization; Since then, hundreds of thousands of tanks have been built in the world, which have become the main operations of armies, marines and airborne forces of various countries**.

Hehe, you sent the German-made A7V-U, which is borrowed from the design of the British Mark series.