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How Far Has The Tank Come? (1)

There have been many tanks made since they first were used in WW1, some have been bad in the way that they used Deutsch connectors and Solenoids and others have just been terrible in general.

The tank was first used in 1916 by the British as a means to try and stop the dreadlock that was the trench warfare. The word tank actually comes from the British as when the tank was in development they lied and said that they were water tanks to transport water.

There have been many tanks since that first battle of Somme.

WW1 is when the first tank entered the battlefield which is why the article is going to start there too.

The first tank known simply as the Mark I Tank or “Mother” was designed by William Ashbee Tritton and Walter Gordon Wilson.The D1 was the first tank to actually enter a battle which was of course several models after the firsrt. The battle of Flers-Courcellette was actually the first time but most famously it was used in the Somme.

The main problems with the tanks in WW1 are that they were simply not up to the challenge of fighting a war in the harsh, muddy conditions. The problem with these tanks was that they were always getting stuck in the middle of a battle. Germany only actually made 15 tanks during the course of WW1 and the first tank versus tank battle occurred in 1918 when three British Mark IVs ran into German A7Vs. Although the British beat the Germans in this case, both of the sides has actually encountered some real serious issues.

So although none of these tanks had mil spec cables within them they still proved to be feared in the battlefield and without a doubt they at least made a small impact on the war effort.

In part two WW2 will be discussed in detail as the way that tanks were seen was changed for ever and the way the world fought battles was also shifted.

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