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ITL, ITK, ITM: are that the names of tanks? (see 1pt. 2nd paragraph)
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I think they maybe code letters for the Tanks, i. e. Infantry Tank I, K, M and K. Male and Female Tanks were given names.
Male and Female Tank information. (In a diary I tagged one of the female tanks was called ‘Duchess’).
The "Female" tank was a category of tank prevalent in World War I, which featured multiple machine guns instead of the heavier armament seen on "male" tanks. As such, female tanks were normally cast in an anti-infantry role. Photos Female tanks: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Photo+female+tank+ww1&rlz=1C1DSGL_enGB426GB426&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=638&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiq1Yb696HRAhXMCcAKHSVICtAQ7AkIJgThe "Male" tank was a category of tank prevalent in World War I. As opposed to the five machine guns of the female version of the Mark I tank, the male version of the Mark I had a QF 6 pounder 6 cwt Hotchkiss and three machine guns. By the end of World War I, tank technology was advanced enough for tanks to be both male and female. Photos male tanks: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Photo+male+tanks+ww1&rlz=1C1DSGL_enGB426GB426&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=638&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjdzc2g-KHRAhVHCMAKHROQCO8Q7AkIJg
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cyngast
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I think Marie is right that the IT stands for Infantry Tank and the I, K, L and M are the individual tanks.
I think the troops my have named their tanks, but on this page of official brigade-level orders the official designations seem more appropriate.
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David_Underdown
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Tank names tended to follow the initial letter of the company (or later battalion) I think, so the names of the all the tanks in A Company began with A, B Company with B and so on. I don't think names necessarily followed the tank's gender - tanks were officially HM Land Ships, and ships have always tended to be given female names.
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