Mark II
Appearance
Mark II or Mark 2 often refers to the second version of a product, frequently military hardware. "Mark", meaning "model" or "variant", can be abbreviated "Mk."
Mark II or Mark 2 can specifically refer to:
In technology
In military and weaponry
- Mark II, a variant of the British Mark I tank
- 16"/50 caliber Mark 2 gun, a U.S. Navy gun that was never mounted on any ship
- Supermarine Spitfire Mk II; an upgraded Spitfire variant with a stronger Merlin engine
- Cruiser Mk II, a WWII British tank
- Thin Man nuclear bomb (1945), formally known as Mark 2 nuclear bomb, a gun-type plutonium bomb
- Mk 2 grenade, an American grenade used in WWII, Korean War and the Vietnam War
- Gerber Mark II (1967), an American double-edged combat knife
- Ruger MK II (1982-2005), an American handgun
- Merkava Mark II (1983); battle tank of Israel Defense Forces
In vehicles
- British Rail Mark 2 (1964); a rail carriage design
- Jaguar Mark 2, an automobile produced from 1959 to 1967.
- Lincoln Continental Mark II (1956-1957), an American personal luxury car
- Toyota Mark II, a series of Japanese car models
- Volkswagen Polo Mk2, an automobile produced in the 1980s and 1990s
Other technologies
- Harvard Mark II (1947), a computer built at Harvard University and used by the US Navy
- RCA Mark II Sound Synthesizer (1957), a musical instrument made of electronic components
- Mark II (radio telescope), a radio telescope in England, constructed in 1964
- Mesa Boogie Mark II: an electric guitar amplifier model with channel footswitching
- Canon EOS-1D Mark II, a digital SLR
- Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II, a digital SLR
- Canon EOS-5D Mark II, a digital SLR
Other uses
- Gundam Mk-II, of Gundam fame, first appearing in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
- Mark 2 or Mark II, the second chapter of the Gospel of Mark in the New Testament of the Christian Bible
- Pope Mark II of Alexandria, patriarch of the Catholic church from 799 to 819
- Mk II (1969), the second album by the British blues rock band Steamhammer
- MK II (2007), the third album by Masterplan, a German power metal band
- Emergency Medical Hologram Mark II, in the television series Star Trek: Voyager, an artificially intelligent medical assistance program
- Mark II Kobayashi formation, in the game Go, a special opening pattern named after Koichi Kobayashi
- In music, Mark II is often used to denote the second lineup of a band (e.g. Deep Purple Mk II)