b'\n_START_ARTICLE_\nMark IV\n_START_SECTION_\nKonstrukcija\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nRakstur\xc4\xabga silueta rombveida forma (skatoties no s\xc4\x81niem), zems smaguma centrs, k\xc4\x81pur\xc4\xb7\xc4\x93des g\xc4\x81ja pa visa tanka silueta perimetru, iero\xc4\x8di izvietoti groz\xc4\x81m\xc4\x81s ligzd\xc4\x81s \xe2\x80\x94 sponsonos \xe2\x80\x94 tanka s\xc4\x81nos. Prototips izstr\xc4\x81d\xc4\x81ts 1916. gada v\xc4\x93l\xc4\x81 ruden\xc4\xab. Apbru\xc5\x86ots ar 6 m\xc4\x81rci\xc5\x86u Hotchkiss lielgabaliem, 303 Lewis MG, Hotchkiss un Vickers MGs lo\xc5\xbemet\xc4\x93jiem (v\xc4\x93l\xc4\x81k 303 Lewis MG uz visiem tankiem nomain\xc4\xabja pret Hotchkiss)._NEWLINE_Pirmo reizi tanka motoram tika piemont\xc4\x93ts trok\xc5\xa1\xc5\x86u sl\xc4\x81p\xc4\x93t\xc4\x81js. Sal\xc4\xabdzinot ar iepriek\xc5\xa1\xc4\x93jiem mode\xc4\xbciem, iev\xc4\x93rojami uzlabota salona ventil\xc4\x81cija._NEWLINE_Pirmajos mode\xc4\xbcos dzin\xc4\x93ja jauda bija 105 ZS, kas izr\xc4\x81d\xc4\xabj\xc4\x81s nepietiekama, t\xc4\x81p\xc4\x93c v\xc4\x93l\xc4\x81k tanku ra\xc5\xbeoja ar 125 ZS motoru.\n_START_SECTION_\nModifik\xc4\x81cijas\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\n1917. gad\xc4\x81 tika izveidota pagarin\xc4\x81t\xc4\x81 versija "Lo\xc5\xbe\xc5\x86a" jeb Mark IV (T) (Mark IV Tadpole), aizsarggr\xc4\x81vju p\xc4\x81rvar\xc4\x93\xc5\xa1anai. T\xc4\x81 k\xc4\x81 V\xc4\x81cijas imp\xc4\x93rijas armija s\xc4\x81ka akt\xc4\xabvi izmantot sag\xc5\xabst\xc4\xabtos tankus un ra\xc5\xbeot pati savus, Mark IV (F) (Mark IV Female) tika apr\xc4\xabkots ar papildus bru\xc5\x86ojumu (lielgabalu) - Mark IV (H) ("Mark IV Hermaphrodite"). S\xc4\x81ka ra\xc5\xbeot ar\xc4\xab remonta ma\xc5\xa1\xc4\xabnas versiju Mark IV (TT) (Mark IV Tank Tenders)._NEWLINE_Kop\xc4\x81 sara\xc5\xbeoja 1220 eksempl\xc4\x81ru - 420 M (male), 595 F (female) un 205 remonta ma\xc5\xa1\xc4\xabnu. Aptuveni 1000 tankus sara\xc5\xbeoja Metropolitan Carriage Wagon & Finance Co, bet p\xc4\x81r\xc4\x93jos William Foster & Co. r\xc5\xabpn\xc4\xabc\xc4\x81 Linkoln\xc4\x81 u.c. (Wm Beardmore & Co., Mirrlees, Watson & Co u.c.).'