Medium B Whippet |
| Written by Marcia Malory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Medium B Whippet was built in 1918. It was shaped more like a heavy tank than the Medium A Whippet and was longer, wider and heavier than its predecessor. However, it was shorter than the Medium A.
The Medium B had a 6-cylinder 100hp Ricardo engine in a compartment at the rear of the tank. It was the first tank to have a bulkhead that separated the engine from the crew. Only 45 Medium Bs were built. Production was cancelled because of the Armistice. 17 of the Medium Bs that were built were given to Russia in 1919, to help the White Russians fight the Bolsheviks. |