The Medium Mark C Hornet was a British The US M1A1 Abrams tank is a typical modern main battle tank. The turret is low-profile, well-integrated into the overall shape of the vehicle. A tank is a tracked and armoured combat vehicle (armoured fighting vehicle), designed primarily to destroy enemy ground forces by direct fire. A modern... tank developed during the Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. Battle aftermath. Remains of the Chateau Wood World War I (also known as the First World War, the Great War, the War of the Nations, and the War to End All Wars) was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to... First World War, but produced too late to see any fighting.

Development

In 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). Events January-February President Woodrow Wilson of the United States announces to Congress the breaking of diplomatic relations with Germany January 2 - The Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank. January 22 - World War I: President Woodrow... 1917 Sir William Tritton had developed the Medium Mark A Whippet without involving his former co-worker Walter Gordon Wilson. In response Major Wilson began to design an improved type on his own, the General characteristics Length: (22ft 9in) 6.9 m Width: (8ft 10in) 2.7 m Height: (8ft 6in) 2.6 m Weight: 18 t Suspension: {{{suspension}}} Speed:  ? km/h (road) 6 mph / 10 km/h (off-road) Range: 105 km km Primary armament: 7 x .303 MGs Secondary armament... Medium Mark B, in July 1917. As soon as he became aware of Wilson's intentions, Tritton ordered his chief designer, William Rigby, to design a rivaling type: the Medium Mark C. The drawings were approved by the Army on 19 April 1918. The prototype was finished in August, a few weeks before the Medium B prototype also in construction at Tritton's own factory. At first 200 tanks were ordered; later this was increased to 600, all to be produced by William Foster & Co Ltd at Lincoln (pronounced Lin-kun) is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England, a bridging point over the River Witham that flows to Boston. Its twin town is Neustadt, Germany. Under the Romans, Lincoln was a flourishing colony named Lindum, and was at the northern end of the Fosse... Lincoln with Armlet & Wortley as subcontractor. The colloquial name of the tank was to be "Hornet", but it seems nobody ever used it.

Description

At first blush the Medium C looks a lot like its rival the Medium B. It too has the general rhomboid shape of the A Mark I tank (moving left to right). The rhomboid shape allows it to climb obstacles and cross trenches. The wheels were discarded on later models. The mesh over the top is to deflect grenades. The Mark I was the first tank, entering service in World War I, born of... heavy tanks combined with a fixed turret with ball-mounts for five machine guns. However Tritton's Medium Mark C was a much longer vehicle. It had a separate engine compartment at the back like the Medium B, but here it was large enough to house a normal 6 cylinder Ricardo engine behind a standard epicyclic transmission. Also it was easily accessible from the fighting compartment. The larger engine meant the tank had better speed (about 13 km/h). The greater length gave it a superior trench crossing ability. A fuel tank holding 682 liters of petrol allowed for a range of 225 km. Overall mobility therefore was much better.

Rigby had taken great care to improve what we today would call Ergonomics (from Greek ergon work and nomoi natural laws) is the study of designing objects to be better adapted to the shape of the human body and/or to correct the users posture. Common examples include chairs designed to prevent the user from sitting in positions that may have... ergonomics.The commander had a special revolving lookout turret and even a small map table. There were eleven vision slits. Special stowage boxes were fitted for the personal gear of the crew of four. Speaking-tubes were used to improve communication. The driver had an odometer.

Operational History

In the (likely) case the Medium Mark D wouldn't be ready for mass production in 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). Events January January 1 - Iolaire sinking disaster January 1 - Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company January 5 - Spartacist uprising - Socialist demonstrations in Berlin turn into attempted communist revolution January 9 - Spartacus revolutionary... 1919 the Tank Corps hoped to receive no less than 6000 Medium C's that year, a third of which of a "Male" version with a long six-pounder gun in the front of the superstructure. Though drawings were prepared nothing would come of this. When the war ended all orders were cancelled with only 36 vehicles nearly finished. These were completed together with 14 others built from preproduced parts for a total production of fifty. General J.F.C. Fuller (September 1, 1878 – February 10, 1966), full name John Frederick Charles Fuller, was a British Major General, military historian and strategist, notable as an early theorist of modern armoured warfare, including categorising principles of warfare. He was also the inventor of artificial moonlight. Biography Fuller... J.F.C. Fuller considered switching the budget for the development of the Medium D to a further production of Medium C's so as to fully equip all peace time tank battalions with this better tank, but decided against it. Only 2nd Tank Battalion would have the tank. As it was the most modern materiel of the Tank Corps, it was carefully kept from harm: no Medium C's were sent either with the Expedition Forces against the Soviet-Union or to the An Irish War of Independence memorial in Dublin The Anglo-Irish War (also known as the Irish War of Independence) was a Ireland by the Irish Republican Army. It lasted from about January 1919 until the truce in July 1921. It had its origins in the formation of unilaterally created... Anglo-Irish War. The only tanks participating in the 1919 victory parade were four Medium C's. The only "action" the tank ever saw was putting down labour unrest in For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation) George Square and Glasgows City Chambers Glasgow is Scotlands largest city, located on the River Clyde in West Central Scotland. It is also one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, officially known as the City of Glasgow and, like many west... Glasgow during the Great Strike of 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). Events January 2 - The first religious radio broadcast ( KDKA AM in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) January 2 - Spanish liner Santa Isabel sinks off Villa Garcia - 244 dead January 2 - DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park San Francisco opens. January 20... 1921.

From Events January-May January 3 - Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy. January 5 - Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first female governor in the United States. January 21 - Albania declares itself a republic January 30 - Government of Turkey throws Patriarch Constantine VI out of Istanbul February 1... 1925 onward the Medium C was gradually replaced by the Vickers Medium Mark II. Plans to use them as recovery vehicles were rejected. A single vehicle was used to test a new type of transmission. In 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 5 - FM radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time. January 6 - World War II: Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the Poznan, Warthegau. January 12 - World War... 1940 the last remaining Medium C was melted down.