Corrections

Corrections to improperly described pictures in books or websites:

Tanks of the World 1915 - 1945

 * 1) Page 69 item 5 captioned Mk I Female is actually a Tank Museum 'fake' and is a Mk II with wheels added.
 * 2) Page 70 item 15 captioned Mk IV Hermaphrodite is probably a Mk V Hermaphrodite as the crew to the rear appear to be sitting on a raised part of the tank (the commanders cupola) and there is a hatch in the roof of the drivers cab.
 * 3) Page 72 item 21 captioned as a Mk V with unditching spars but is either a Mk II or Mk III (see rivets on cab and Mk V's did not use unditching spars.

A New Excalibur

 * 1) Page 97: Tank captioned as a Mk I is a Mk III.
 * 2) Page 103: Same tank as above.
 * 3) Page 169: Tank captioned as a Mk V is a Mk IV.
 * 4) Page 206 centre: Tank captioned as a Mk IV is a Mk I.
 * 5) Back end-paper: Tank captioned as a Mk I is a Mk III.

The back end-paper tank by its profile alone could be either a Mk II or a Mk III. The identifying feature is the WD number 804.

Unidentified tanks in this book are:


 * 1) Page 139: Tank is a Mk V.
 * 2) Page 170: Tank is a Mk V*.
 * 3) Page 184: Tanks are Mk V's.
 * 4) Page 185: Tank is a Mk IV.

AWM Canberra (website)
The AWM also has photos of rhomboids that have an incorrect designation. The photo number with the corrected designation follow:


 * 1) A00226. Mk IV is actually a Mk I.
 * 2) A02855. Mk IV is actually a Mk II.
 * 3) C01379. Mk II is actually a Mk I.
 * 4) E03100. Mk IV is actually a Mk V.
 * 5) E03883. Mk V is actually a Mk V*.
 * 6) E03915. Mk IV is actually a Mk V.
 * 7) E04922. Mk V is actually a Mk V*.
 * 8) H02113. Mk II is actually a Mk I.
 * 9) H02114. Mk IV is actually a Mk V.
 * 10) H02128. 2 Mk II females is actually 1 Mk I male and 1 Mk I female.
 * 11) H02132. Mk II is actually a Mk I.
 * 12) P00743.016. Mk II is actually a Mk V.

Two more photos are described as being British Army Tanks attacking German positions. These are German A7V's in mock attacks against Germans. The photo numbers are:


 * 1) H13451.
 * 2) H13456.

A few probable errors:


 * 1) A01921. Mk IV is probably a Mk V (WD number quoted for tank is 9034 which is a Mk V WD number)
 * 2) B02945. Mk IV is probably a Mk I (The description fits the Mk I which was used as a strong point by the Turks)
 * 3) E04923. Mk V is probably Mk V* (Tank is named as "Odysseus" which was a Mk V*)
 * 4) E04938. Mk IV is probably a Mk V (Description is the same as E04937 which is a Mk V)
 * 5) E04941. Mk IV is probably a Mk V* (WD number quoted for the tank is 9890 which is a Mk V* WD number)†

These must remain probables for now because they are currently not available to view online.

† = This photo is also described as being of a male tank. The WD number is for a female tank so either the number has been misread or the tank is a possible hermaphrodite. Alternatively, the number may not be the WD number.

IWM London (website)
The IWM doesn't have a lot of their photos available to view online, at least not that I could find. Of the photos I could check, there were only 2 that had mistaken designations:


 * 1) Q 3545: Mk VI is actually a Mk IV.
 * 2) Q 6285: Mk III is actually a Mk II.

The first photo is more than likely the result of a typographical error. The second photo is definitely a Mk II and not a Mk III. The WD number, located near the shadow cast by the barrel of the 6 pounder is 787.

TANKS! (website)
The TANKS! website in the British heavy tank section has a few misnamed rhomboids:


 * 1) In the Mark I section, the photo labelled Mark I (female) is actually the Bovington Mark II with tailwheels.
 * 2) In the Mark IV section, the photo labelled Mark IV hermaphrodite is actually a Mark V hermaphrodite.
 * 3) In the Mark V section, the photo labelled Mark V with unditching spars is actually a Mark III.

Landships (website)
Unfortunately, there are also a few misidentified tanks in the Landships site.

On the Contemporary photos page:


 * 1) mk1bw2.jpg is actually a Mk II

On the More contemporary photos page:


 * 1) Mk1_1.jpg (captioned as Mk I) is actually a Mk II.
 * 2) Mk1_2.jpg (captioned as Mk I) is actually a Mk II.
 * 3) Mk1_3.jpg (captioned as Mk I) is actually a Mk II.
 * 4) Mk4_6.jpg (captioned as Mk IV) is actually a Mk V.
 * 5) MkX.jpg (captioned as Mk IX) is actually the American steam tank.

British Mark I Tank 1916
A few corrections for "British Mark I Tank 1916":


 * 1) Plate B. Colour illustration of "Mother" does not have the angle iron fitted to the sponson roof.
 * 2) Plate C. Colour illustration of A13 "We're All In It" is incorrectly captioned as A11
 * 3) Plate D. Colour cutaway of male tank 742 does not have the angle iron fitted to the sponson roof.
 * 4) Plate F. Colour illustration of male Mk III has Mk I type track adjuster.
 * 5) Plate G. Colour illustration of Mk I supply tank "Dodo" has incorrect battalion number B58 instead of B57. Compare with the photo of "Dodo" supplied by Centurion in The early supply tanks.

In addition to the above, there is a possible error on page 35 as pointed out by Rhomboid in Identifying Gaza wrecks.