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There were lighter and quicker tanks operating in WWI, like the British-designed Medium Mark A Whippet (pictured), a 14-ton medium tank that used two four-cylinder 45-horsepower engines to achieve ...
We naturally assumed water tanks and we'd no reason to think otherwise." The Mark I was the first official tank used in battle. It was a 28-ton model with a crew of eight and pair of six pound ...
They were all given gallantry medals and as a result became the most decorated tank crew of the war. The Mark IV tank, named Fray Bentos as its captain was a grocer with the licence to sell the ...
Ever wondered what it was like inside a WW1 trench, tank, or WWII’s legendary Lancaster Bomber? These stunning cross-sections reveal the secrets, design, and reality of life and war inside ...
The first successful tank prototype, known as 'Mother', completed secret trials in early 1916. The new 'Mark I' tank was used in battle for the first time at Flers-Courcelette on 15 September 1916.
IT’S been 100 years since the first tanks rolled onto the battlefield in WWI. A lot has changed for ... takes a photograph of a replica British Mark IV tank as it is displayed in Trafalgar ...
The replica of the Mark IV in Trafalgar Square marks 100 years of the tank A replica of a World War One tank has been placed in Trafalgar Square to mark the 100th anniversary of the war machine.
WW1 tank commander Cecil Sewell was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery in trying to help stranded colleagues at Fremincourt in France in August 1918. Georgie took a ride in a replica Mark ...