Landships II

compound eye · Colonel

Mk.V side vent question

Alpha Six · Lieutenant-Colonel

i/ As I think, right side vent has "enter" purpose and not needed such deflectors as "exit" vent on left side.
ii/ Perhaps, this shape of deflectors was more effective for anti-rising of hot air?

CharlieC · Legend

Other way round I think.

Air is sucked in the left side. The various shutters and dams designs were attempts to stop mud being

sucked into the tank. All the rhomboid tanks had mud and water running down the sides from

the tracks.

Regards,

Charlie

compound eye · Colonel

Thank you both gents! Makes a lot of sense. Had more Mk.V seen active service during the war, I wonder if the Germans would have issued a standing order to aim for these vents...

Willem Visser · Brigadier

Here is a picture where you can see that it works well; the mud is falling away from the intake....

(Source:IWM/the internet)

9343 Mark V.jpg

Best regards,

Willem