MEDIUM A (WHIPPET) TANK IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1919-2009

摘要

The Whippet Tank, capable of speeds up to 14km/h, was named after the whippet dog. Two hundred Whippet tanks, numbered between A200 and A 400, were manufactured by William Foster & Co Ltd of Lincoln, England, from October 1917. Armed with four Hotchkiss machine-guns, they were designed to expioii break-through situations created by the heavy tanks. Their first action was in France on 26 March 1918.