Medium Tank Mark C | |
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![]() Medium Mark C | |
Type | Medium tank |
Place of origin | United Kingdom |
Production history | |
Designer | William Rigby |
Designed | 1917 |
Manufacturer | Fosters |
Produced | 1918- |
No. built | 50 |
Specifications ('Female') | |
Mass | 20 long tons (20 t) |
Length | 25 ft 10 in (7.87 m) |
Width | 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) |
Height | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) |
Crew | 4: commander, driver, mechanic, machine gunner |
Armour | 14 mm (0.55 in) maximum |
Main armament | 5 x .303 (7.7mm) machine guns[a] |
Engine | Ricardo 6-cylinder petrol engine 150 hp (110 kW) |
Power/weight | 7.5 hp/tonne |
Suspension | unsprung |
Operational range | 225 km (75 miles[1]) |
Maximum speed | 7.9 mph (12.7 km/h) |
References | Fletcher 2001, White[1] |
The Medium Mark C Hornet was a British medium tank developed during the First World War, but produced too late to see any fighting.
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