Male tank

{{Short description|Category of tanks during World War I}}

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File:British Mark V (male) tank.jpg showing short 6 pounder gun barrel]]

The "Male" tank was a category of tank prevalent in the First World War. As opposed to the five machine guns of the female version of the Mark I tank, the male version of the Mark I had a QF 6 pounder 6 cwt Hotchkiss and three machine guns. Ernest Swinton, instrumental in developing the British tank and co-creator of the term "tank" (originally a code word), is credited with inventing these gender-related terms, thinking that the best tank tactics would have the two types attacking in consort.{{cite book |title=The Devil's Chariots: The Birth and Secret Battles of the First Tanks |last=Glanfield |first=J. |page=278 |year=2001 |publisher=Sutton Publishing |isbn= 0-7509-2706-2}}

• Combat weight: 28 tons (28.4 tonnes)