Mk A 'Whippet' Medium A Tank (1918)

The Mk A 'Whippet' Medium Tank was designed to complement the slower British heavy tanks of WWI. The Whippet was very successful and credited as being responsible for more German casualties than any other British tank in WWI. The Whippet entered service relatively late in WWI in March 1918. The Whippet was armed with 4 x 0.303 inch Hotchkiss machine guns and had armour of 14mm thickness. The Whippet had a crew of 3.

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