"Dweezil Dwarftosser" wrote in message
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David wrote:

What is the history and meaning behind the work "MARK" to designate
military
equipment ? The web site www.designation-systems.net says the Navy
uses
the Mark - Mod nomenclature but doesn't say what the significance or
meaning
of the word "Mark" is. Does anybody know ?

I've only seen one such designation, on a weapon - and it passed
out of our on-base inventory sometime in the late 1970s:
the MK 1 Mod 0 Walleye TV-guided glide bomb, sometimes referred
to as the AGM-62. Think of a big Maverick (AGM-65) missile but
with a bigger warhead and RAT generator instead of the rocket motor.
The Maverick used nearly the same video specs as the earlier
Walleye.

Numerous nuclear warheads, and most freefall nuclear bombs (up to/thru
Mk-43, where they started calling things "B-43" in some sources), used the
"Mark" identification. I believe the Mk-28 was still in use while you were
in service?

Brooks