![]() ![]() The appearance of this new weapon astonished many countries, and they too, began to develop tanks. It was really just a simple design with no complicated intricacies. They looked more like mobile bunkers and had no partitions inside the engine was really noisy and shook tremendously when the tank was moving because it had no shock absorbers. The British “Mark” series tanks were only armoured boxes which moved on tracks, and machine guns or small guns were mounted on sides because of the lack of a rotating turret. This was the first large tank operation in history, and the German line was crushed. In November 1917, the British dispatched about 460 Mark.IVs in the Battle of Cambrai. Only 50 Mark.I tanks took part in the battle. It was armed with four 7.62mm machine guns or two 6pd guns. It weighed 28 tonnes, its armor was only 12mm thick and peaked at a top speed of only at 6 km/hr. The first tank that was introduced to the world was “Mark.I”. ![]() Due to its diamond shape, the British coined it 'tank', and this name has been used since then until now. When the British first developed tanks, they claimed that it was equipment for transporting water to cover up its true purpose. This new weapon came to fruition as the tank. The British wanted a new weapon that could destroy barbed-wire entanglements, cross trenches and also be well-protected from machine gun shots. Trenches, machine guns and barbed-wire entanglements made it such that defense lines could not be breached, so the combat situation fell into a deadlock. ![]() During that period of time on the west front of WWI, both sides were bogged down in trench warfare. The tank was invented by the British and first appeared on the battlefield in September 1916. Today, we shall take a look back into the last hundred years to examine the development history of tanks. It has been a long hundred years since the invention of the tank, and throughout the years the design concepts and technologies have progressed very much. Commanding a majestic appearance, a powerful main gun and engine, the tank is undeniably the king of modern land warfare. ![]()
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