Re: [MV] MARK IV 'MALE' TANK

From: Nigel Hay (Nigel@milweb.net)
Date: Sat Jan 19 2002 - 08:56:10 PST


The tank was found at Cambria and is i believe now enclosed in a coverd unit
and is on public display in its "as found" position
Nige
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Subject: [MV] MARK IV 'MALE' TANK

> Around late 2000, there was an article and photo ( might have been USA
> TODAY ) concerning the finding and excavation of a World War One British
> Mk IV rhomboid. [MALE: two 6pounders (57mm) & three Lewis MG's.
> FEMALE: five .303in Lewis MG's] I have not heard nor read any mention
> of this find since, but am interested in what ever became of this HMV.
>
> It seems a local Frenchman had heard a story that was passed down from
> previous generations that a WWI tank was buried in a field somewhere
> which been a battleground in 1917-18. He spent a number of years
> searching for it, eventually succeeding and unearthing the relic.
>
> I recall the photo showed an excavation (estimate) 35 feet long, 20
> feet wide, and a good 12 feet deep, with what looked like a rather
> rusted but well preserved Mk IV 'Male'. According to the story, when
> the tank was knocked out it was abandoned in place, and eventually
> absorbed into the expanding trench lines to become a strong point. After
> the war it was simply buried along with the trench work and craters to
> become farmland again.
>
> But what really piqued my curiosity was what they found inside the
> rhomboid after eighty years. In addition to a stack of British and
> German steel helmets, were found boxes of fine china dinnerware; glass
> goblets; candle stick holders and silverware.
>
> Could any of our listers in Europe fill me in on the current status of
> this historic mil-veh ?
>
> LANCE
> MVPA 22125
>
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