Mark VIII (Liberty or International) was Intended to overcome the limitations of the earlier British designs and be a collaborative effort to equip France, the UK and the US with a single heavy tank design. Production at a site in France was expected to take advantage of US industrial capacity to produce the automotive elements, with the UK producing the armoured hulls and armament. The end of the World War I spelled the end of the manufacturing consortium, but the US pressed on to construct 100