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SHAWN · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 31, 2006 Posts: 484

First, I have emailed the museum to find out more info in re: these two vehicles but am covering all bases here....

Does anyone know any more about either of these two vehicles?
I know that 150 Mark I's were produced (75 male/75 female). How were they organzied? How many were camouflaged in this manner and to what battalion/unit?

This Mark V male belonging to the 8th Bn, Tank Corps, how were they organized? Were there any Mark V females produced? with the addition of machine guns added to males were they still producing females?

armyjunk2 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Sep 22, 2006 Posts: 1416

Shawn, A couple books on the subject, The British Tanks 1915-19, David Fletcher and Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the World, Volume One, Cannon Publications, the last here being a collections of the Profile Publications. Both very nice books.

SHAWN · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 31, 2006 Posts: 484

Thanks armyjunk2, I will check them out.

MarkHolloway · Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 8:20 pm Post subject: Re: WW1--Mark I & Mark V

So, which one is this?

JimWeb · Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 8:21 pm Post subject: Re: WW1--Mark I & Mark V

US version of the Mk VIII

MarkHolloway · Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 3:43 pm Post subject: Re: WW1--Mark I & Mark V

Thanks, Jim!

JimWeb · Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 10:45 pm Post subject: Re: WW1--Mark I & Mark V

No problem - I got a carpenter friend to make a 1/16 scale wooden mock-up of one and it is waaaayyyyy too big to produce at anything near a reasonable cost!

bsmart · Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 3:02 am Post subject: Re: WW1--Mark I & Mark V

The Mk VIII at Aberdeen is too big to fit in the paint booth at the Refurb shop! Ther has been extra space at each end for most tanks that have been through refurb but the Mk VIII is just too long. The problem comes in because they do the paint removal there in a closed system that recovers the removed material (Which is considered hazardous because of the lead content. Last thing I heard they were trying to work out a solution

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