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THE GUN CARRIER MACHINE – PART I
The tank was not the only tracked vehicle to be developed during the First World War. In this duo of articles, David Fletcher discusses the development and usage of the
THE GUN CARRIER MACHINE – PART II
The tank was not the only tracked vehicle to be developed during the First World War. In this article, David Fletcher discusses the production and service history of the gun
OPERATION HUSH – THE GREAT LANDING TH...
The battle known as Third Ypres was intended, among other things, to recapture the Belgian coast and bottle up the marauding U-Boats. This part of the plan was known as
OPERATION HUSH – THE TANKS
Although Operation Hush never took place, considerable effort went into solving problems which would have been incurred by the tanks.
EARLY EXPERIMENTS: PART I
From the historian that brought you “Towards The Tank” and “Experimental Tanks in the First World War”, David Fletcher’s new series describes later investigations which may have inspired the first
TOWARDS THE TANK PART 9: EDGEWORTH 1770
The ninth installment of Towards the Tank, David Fletcher reveals the first caterpillar tracks, developed by inventor and educationalist Richard Edgeworth.
TANKS ON TRAINS IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Tanks in the First World War were very slow. There were no tank transporters so tanks had to go by train and, as the war went on, they were getting
1917: THE CRUCIAL YEAR FOR THE TANKS
1917 was the first full year in which British tanks saw action. It was also a crucial year, when the very survival of the tank was being considered.
GERMAN RESPONSES TO THE TANK
Most of the articles on this blog look at the tank from a British perspective. In the end, though, it would be the effect they had on the Germans that
FROM LITTLE WILLIE TO MARK IV
The Mark IV was the main tank in service during 1917. In two short years, how did the tank used at Cambrai differ from its predecessor, Little Willie?
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