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Few
vehicles could be sent in the units before the end of the war. The Mark
IXs were used for some years after the war. |
Mark
IX rebuilt as an amphibious tank by the staff of the test base at
Dollis Hill. Its displacement was improved by fitting drums at the
front and sides. Long wooden boards were attached to the track links
but at one side of the board only; as they reached the curve of the
track they would project, acting as paddles. Pictures were made of
a floating tank in Hendon Reservoir on 11 November 1918. According
to oral tradition this vehicle was named The Duck but there are doubts
as to its veracity. The vehicle was for the occasion manned by Navy
personnel. |
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