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Hi guys.
Today im going to suggest the Male Mark 5 :)
History
The Mark 5 was the last off the British landships to see combat during The Great War.
The tank Started out as a modified Mark 4 like the tanks before them. However the Mark 5 had alot of diffirent variants which was giving the call name Mark 5* or more.
The first variant appears very simular to the Mark 4. However inside the machine has a diffirent layout with a new added cooling system even though it is said it was an error to make that upgrade.
The tank was also given a new engine, transmission and steering system in order to improve mobility.
When the Mark 5 first appeared on to the front, mid 1918 there was only a few Mark 5,s in action and the tank didnt really have a major effect on the Battlefield.
However the first major Mark 5 tank collum to attack German forces was on July 7th 1918 during the Battle of Hamel. Where 60 Mark 5 tanks was able to push the front with succes.
The Mark 5* also showed succes when it was pushing the front with 288 of diffirent Mark 5 variants together with numerous Mark A Whippet medium tanks during August.
When the war ended in November 1918 a large quantity of the Mark 5 tanks, was sent to Russia in Russian, British and US service in order to defeat the Red Army in the Russian civil war which is why most of the Mark 5 tanks suviving to this day sits in either museums or memorials in that country.
Some of the variants off the Mark 5 includes the basic Mark 5, Mark 5*, Mark 5** and to some extent the Mark 7 however this tank missed the war. The Mark 5*** also called the Mark 10 never came passed concept phase.
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Tank overview and specification
The tank had a crew of 8 men, drivers, gunners, loaders and a comander.
The Engine was the Ricardo crosshead valve, water-cooled straight six petrol engine with 150 hp at 1250 rpm.
The tanks top speed was 7.4 km/h.
The weight off the first Male Mark 5 was 29 tons.
The frontal armor of the tank was 14 mm of armor plate.
The 2 main guns was the Hotchkiss QF 6 pdr cannon ( 57 mm ).
In War Thunder
In War Thunder the Mark 5 family of tanks would need a overhaul of rank 1 in order to be fun to play so i have made a concept tree where they could sit ingame! :)
Sources
“Old Suggestion”
Male Mark 5 - Great Britain - War Thunder - Official Forum