Mark XIV

Mark XIV

Mark XIV or Mark 14 often refers to the 14th version of a product, frequently military hardware. "Mark", meaning "model" or "variant", can be abbreviated "Mk."

Mark XIV or Mark 14 can specifically refer to:

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In technology

In military and weaponry

  • Mark 14 torpedo, 1930 US Navy weapon plagued with development problems in WWII
  • Sperry Mk E XIV; 1933–1950s electrically-driven gyrocompass
  • Mark XIV bomb sight; 1942 Royal Air Force development, also called the "Blackett bomb sight"
  • Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIV; important Rolls-Royce Griffon-powered fighter, entered RAF service January 1944
  • Vickers Wellington GR Mk XIV; 1944 Coastal Command medium bomber with radar and rockets
  • United States Navy Mk 14 Mod 0 Enhanced Battle Rifle, modern M14 variant
  • Martin-Baker Mk 14 NACES ejection seat; entered US Navy service in 1990[1]

Other technologies

  • MK14; 1977 microcomputer kit sold by Science of Cambridge

Other uses

Mark 14 and Mark XIV, the fourteenth chapter of the Gospel of Mark in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.

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