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Few vehicles could be sent in the units before the end of the war. The Mark IXs were used for some years after the war.

 

 

 

Mark IX rebuilt as an amphibious tank by the staff of the test base at Dollis Hill. Its displacement was improved by fitting drums at the front and sides. Long wooden boards were attached to the track links but at one side of the board only; as they reached the curve of the track they would project, acting as paddles. Pictures were made of a floating tank in Hendon Reservoir on 11 November 1918. According to oral tradition this vehicle was named The Duck but there are doubts as to its veracity. The vehicle was for the occasion manned by Navy personnel.

 

 

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