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A 1/35 scale kit from the model kit company Emhar (sp?) that I
built straight out of the box. This is a model kit of the very first tank to go
into service during the First World War. First produced in 1915 for the British
Army, the Mark I had a crew of eight, and the interior was not divided. This
meant that the crew had to share the cramped space with the engine, putting up
with noxious fumes that often made them sick. The tank was not designed with
proper ventilation. There were two Naval six-pounder guns on the sides, along
with two Hotchkiss machine guns.
Despite its setbacks, the Mark I was the first in a long line of tanks that would
still be serving the world's armies almost a hundred years later.