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WWI Mk A Whippet British Medium Tank
Manufacture Product Number : MGK-TS021 This 1/35 British Medium Tank Mk.A Whippet model kit features detailed upper deck, all rivets are replicated, armor plates of the turret can be bent easily, multipiece lower hull, separate armored walls for rear fighting compartment, four finely reproduced Hotchkiss machine guns which are movable, road and idler wheels, drive sprockets with attached chain and gear sprocket, cement free individual track links and multiple track spuds for hull. Decals and painting guide for: B. Company, 6th Battalion, Tank Corps, British Army, May 1918 and 3rd (Light) Light Battalion, Tank Corps, British Army, August 1918 - also includes markings for captured German and Russian Whippets. |
| Thanks to its streamline shape, the beautiful Whippet originated in England can run at a high speed which is hard for common dogs to achieve. So it's easy to see what British designers expected when they named a tank Whippet. In 1916, many problems were exposed in the first combat of British Mk.I tank. The dissatisfied British Army started to develop a new tank to complement the slower Mk.I tank. William Tritton (1875-1946), one of the creators of tank, was in charge of this project. The War Office called this project the Tritton Chaser, and Tritton called it Whippet. In October 1917, the first Mk.A Whippet medium tank rolled off the production line. It was 6.1m long, 2.6m wide and 14t heavy. It had a crew of 3. Two 45hp Tylor gasoline engines were placed at the front. Because of its small fuel tank, some fuel containers were hung on the hull. Four Hotchkiss machine guns of the polygonal turret at the rear of the vehicle pointed at four different directions. Compared to Mk.I tank, Mk.A was lighter, faster and cheaper. After its service in 1918, the British Army was greatly encouraged. As an famous example, a single Whippet destroyed an artillery battery, an Observation balloon, the camp of an infantry battalion and a transport column, inflicting heavy casualties. Almost a century later, there are only 5 Mk.A tanks preserved in UK, Belgium, Canada, USA and South Africa. |
Type = Models
Period = World War 1
Scale = 1/35 Scale
Material = Plastic
Finish = Unfinished Model Kit
Date of Release = 2020-09-01
Status = Available
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