Talk:Mark (designation)

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From what I have read this term is historically used in Military circles (rifles, tanks etc...) and now more widely in technology as an incremental car variant indicator (eg. Volkswagen Golf Mk. V). Can anyone shed any light on it's origins? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Briansammon (talk • contribs) .

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[edit] the mark system not used by the us?

I read somewhere that the US doesn't use the "mark system" in identifying models. Instead, they hold a contest among arms companies to submit a new weapon and they are given IDs "M1", "M2" etc.. I'm skeptical of this, so is this true? That would mean that the "M16" was the 16th model, for example, submitted in a contest for a new assault rifle when it was introduced. --Philip Laurence 19:37, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes, the M17 is no more a "Mark" designation than F16 in fighter jets is. It's just a model designation, not a revision. I suspect the same is true of the tanks listed here: M1, M2, M3. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.141.224.159 (talk) 14:55, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mark disambiguation pages

A project is underway to provide disambiguation pages for Mark I, Mark II, Mark III, etc, all the way up to whatever makes sense for a dab page. Some pages are already finished, others are being worked on, with moves and redirects taking care of articles that are sitting on the proposed dab page. Some pages will be built from scratch. Binksternet (talk) 21:51, 4 June 2008 (UTC)