1920 ESTONIA Liberation War BRITISH TANK MARK V on Service in Infantry Regiment

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EUROPE / ESTONIA. The Estonian Liberation War 1918 - 1920 and The Russian Civil War 1917 - 1922 Printed Matter.
Real Photo 85 x 135 mm. The Estonian National Troops.
British Tank Mark V on Service in Estonian Infantry Regiment Real
Photo
by Photographer W. Puust ND(1920).
Postcard format. Size 85 x 135 mm. The back has stamp of photographer of the 9th Infantry Regiment.
Please note that it is vintage original photo, which made about 100 years ago in few copies only, but not mass postcard or modern reprint.
Good condition
, damaged at right border (few bands and one tear), traces of time (see photo).
British tanks were delivered to Estonia as part of the assistance of the Russian North-Western Army before the second campaign to Petrograd,
in the fall of 1919. After the defeat of the White Army, these tactics were taken into service by the Estonian army.
The British Mark V
tank was an upgraded version of the Mark IV tank. It was first deployed in 1918, used in action during the closing months
of World War I, and in the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War on the White Russian side, and by the Red Army, after they were captured.
The tank was improved in several aspects, chiefly the new steering system and engine, but it fell short in other areas such as mechanical reliability
and its insufficient ventilation. However, the Mark V was successful, especially given its limited service history, and primitive design.
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