Medium Mark C
| Medium Tank Mark C | |
|---|---|
Medium Mark C | |
| Type | Medium tank |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom |
| Production history | |
| Designer | William Rigby |
| Designed | 1917 |
| Manufacturer | Fosters |
| Produced | 1918 (August–November) |
| No. built | 50 |
| Specifications ('Female') | |
| Mass | 20 long tons (20 t) |
| Length | 25 ft 10 in (7.87 m) |
| Width | 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) |
| Height | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) |
| Crew | 4: commander, driver, mechanic, machine gunner |
| Armour | 14 mm (0.55 in) maximum |
Main armament | 5 x .303 (7.7mm) machine guns |
| Engine | Ricardo 6-cylinder petrol engine 150 hp (110 kW) |
| Power/weight | 7.5 hp/tonne |
| Suspension | unsprung |
Operational range | 225 km (75 miles) |
| Maximum speed | 7.9 mph (12.7 km/h) |
| References | Fletcher 2001, White |
The Medium Mark C Hornet was a British medium tank developed during the First World War, but produced too late to see any fighting.