Comparison of World War I tanks

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This is a comparison of the characteristics of tanks used in World War I.

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Tanks used in World War I

TankCountryYear introducedProduction totalCrewArmament
number of rounds		Armour thickness
(front/side/top)		Weight
Enginepower/weight ratioSpeedRange
Mark I MaleUK19167582x QF 6-pdr (57mm) [324],
3×MG [6,272]		12/10/6 mm28.4 tPetrol
105 hp (78 kW)		3.7 hp/t4.5 km/h
(2.8 mph)		37 km
(23 mi)
Female755× Vickers machine gun, 1x Hotchkiss [30,080]27.4 t
Mark IV MaleUK191742082x QF 6-pdr (57mm) 6 cwt [lower-alpha 1] [332],
3× .303 Lewis Gun [6,272]		14/12/8 mm28.5 t125 hp (93 kW)5.6 km/h
(3.5 mph)		56 km
(35 mi)
Female595 [lower-alpha 2] 5×Lewis guns [10,000]27 t
Mark V MaleUK19182008 QF 6-pdr (57mm) 6 cwt [207],
4×MG [5,800]		14/14/8 mm29.5 t150 hp (112 kW)5.1-5.4  hp/t7.5 km/h
(4.7 mph)		72 km
(45 mi)
Female2006×.303 MG [14,100]28.5 t
Mark V* MaleUK19182008

(+14infantry [lower-alpha 3] )

2× 6-pdr [221],
8×MG [8,400]		14/12/6 mm33 t4 km/h
(2.5 mph)		63 km
(39 mi)
Female43210×MG [16,800]32 t
Medium Mark A Whippet UK19182003-44×.303 Hotchkiss Mk I machine gun [5,400]14/14/5 mm14 tPetrol 2×45 hp (34 kW)6.4 hp/t13 km/h
(8.1 mph)		64 km/h
(40 mph)
Schneider CA1 France 1917 400 6 75 mm Blockhaus Schneider [94–96],
2× 8 mm Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine gun [3,840] 		11.5/11.5/5.5 mm 13.5 t 60 hp (45 kW) 8 km/h
(5.0 mph)		48 km
(30 mi)
1917 24/17/5.5 mm 14.6 t 75 km
(47 mi)
Saint-Chamond France 1917 165 8 75mm Saint-Chamond-Mondragón [106–108],
4× 8 mm MG [7,488] 		11.5/17/5.5 mm 22 t 90 hp (67 kW) petrol-electric transmission 4.1 hp/t 12 km/h
(7.5 mph)		60 km
(37 mi)
Saint-Chamond

"Modèle 18"

1917 235 Canon de 75 modèle 1897 [106–108],
4× 8 mm MG [7,488] 		11.5+8/17/5.5 mm 24 t
Renault FT mitrailleuseFrance 1918 3,694 [lower-alpha 4] 2 8 mm Mle 1914 machine gun [4,800] 16/8/6 mm 6.5 t 35 hp (26 kW) 10.7 hp/t 20 km/h
(12 mph)		60 km
(37 mi)
Renault FT canon1918 37 mm Puteaux SA 18 [240] 6.7 t
A7V Germany 1918 20 18 5.7 cm Maxim-Nordenfelt [180],
6×MG 08 [lower-alpha 5] [10,000–15,000]		30/20/10 mm32 t 2×100 hp (75 kW) 6.25 hp/t 15 km/h
(9.3 mph)		80 km
(50 mi)

Immediate post-war tanks

Tanks planned for production and with completed prototypes during the war, but entered service after it ended.

Prototype-World War I Tanks that entered service after, but as designed in World War I
NameCountryYearPlanned prod./actual
total		CrewArmament
[ammo (rds.)]		Armour thickness
(front/side/top)		Weight
(tonnes)		EngineSpeedRange
FCM Char 2C France1918300+/1012 Canon de 75 modèle 1897, 4× 7.92 mm MG45/22/10  mm70 tPetrol 2×200/250 hp15 km/h160 km
Mark VIII US/UK19181500/125122× 6 pdr; 7 MGs16/16/6 mm33.6 tPetrol 300/340 hp8 km/h89 km (55 mi)
Medium Mark B UK1918
Medium Mark C UK19185 Machine guns
LK II (Germany) [1] 1918580/24337mm or 7,92mm MG14/8/?8,75 tPetrol 60 hp (45 kW)14 km/h65–70 km

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ a shortened version of the gun used in the Mark I. The reduction in muzzle velocity was not a problem as the guns fired HE shells over short ranges
  2. ↑ A further 250 unarmed tanks were built for carrying supplies
  3. ↑ The tank was lengthened to cross wider trenches and the increased internal space was a bonus
  4. ↑ The U.S. made 950 M1917 light tanks (a near copy of the FT design), but only 64 were finished before the end of the war, and none saw combat.
  5. ↑ There was, briefly, one A7V with two extra machine guns in place of the 57 mm cannon. It was later converted to use the 57mm cannon
  1. ↑ Postwar 10 Delivered to Sweden, 14 to Hungary.

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