William Foster & Co. of Lincoln Metropolitan Carriage, Birmingham
Service start year
1916
Service end year
Weight
28.00
Length
9.91
Width
4.19
Height
2.49
Crew
8
Armor
0.24–0.47 in (6–12 mm)
Main armament
Two Hotchkiss 6 pdr QF
Secondary armament
Three .303 in Hotchkiss Machine Guns
Engine
Daimler-Knight 6-cylinder sleeve-valve 16-litre petrol engine 105 horsepower (78 kW)
Power
Transmission
primary gearbox: 2 forward and 1 reverse secondary:2 speeds
Suspension
26 unsprung rollers
Ground clearance
Fuel capacity
230
Range
38.00
Speed
6.00
Description
The Mark I was the world's first tank, tracked and armed armoured vehicle, to enter combat. The name "tank" was initially a code name to maintain secrecy and disguise its true purpose.[3] The type was developed in 1915 to break the stalemate of trench warfare. It could survive the machine gun and small-arms fire in "No Man's Land", travel over difficult terrain, crush barbed wire, and cross trenches to assault fortified enemy positions with powerful armament. Tanks also carried supplies and troops.
