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BATTLE
TANKS
THE FIRST WORLD WAR
David Fletcher
BRITISH
This electronic edition published in 2016 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
First published in Great Britain in 2016 by Osprey Publishing,
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Mark I Tank;
NVG 133:
Mark IV Tank;
NVG 178:
Mark V Tank,
NVG 207:
Medium Mark A Whippet;
and NVG 217:
British Light Tanks 1927‒45,
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CONTENTS
Chapter 1.
THE TANK IDEA
Chapter 2.
IN THE BEGINNING:
PROTOTYPES AND MARKS I, II AND III
Chapter 3.
MARK IV TANK
Chapter 4.
MARK V TANK
Chapter 5.
MEDIUM MARK A WHIPPET
Chapter 6.
WARTIME PROTOTYPES:
MARKS VI, VII,
HEAVY MARK VIII, AND MARK IX
Chapter 7.
THE END OF THE WAR AND NEW BEGINNINGS
Chapter 8.
VICKERS MEDIUMS
Chapter 9.
1930s TANK DEVELOPMENTS:
THE COUNTDOWN TO WAR
Chapter 10.
LIGHT TANKS 1927–45:
MARKS I–VI
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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