![]() ![]() The first pre-production A7V was produced in September 1917, followedīy the first production model in October 1917. However, the Germans seem to have reacted quite slow to this change:įollowing the appearance of the first British tanks on the Westernįront, in September 1916, the German War Ministry formed a committee Its debut at the First Battle of the Somme near Courcelette, France, The British developed the tank in response to the trench warfare ofīy 1916, this armored vehicle was deemed ready for battle and made ![]() When the British managed to invent the first tank, that seemed like an important advance in warfare: Popular Science documented the evolution in tanks, that thunder before the blitz, from slow novelty to deadly weapon in the interwar years, a selection of which can be found in “ The Rise Of The Tank Before World War II.”Īlso included are novel ideas that didn’t make the cut: heavy, winged “flying tanks,” or unusual lightweight fast tanks and goofy, armored cars.Īs for the tank evolution over a full 100 years, the British Army is again happy to tell that story in a video that is as much historical timeline as modern military infomercial.World War I still featured a lot of trench warfare due do a lack of mobility that placed an advantage upon the defender. By the start of the next World War, however, German tanks were powerful, fast, armored and deadly machines, which enabled a style of fast attack that shaped not just World War II, but how nations after the war envisioned future wars. The earliest appearance of tanks in Popular Science comes from the December 1918 issue, in “German Monsters–Clumsy Copies of the French Tanks.” The tanks used by Germany were heavy, slow, poorly designed, and weak to all kinds of weapons, including rifle fire. ![]() See how it evolved /XmkU8VkHyo- British Army □□ September 14, 2016 The British tank continues to play a decisive role on the battlefield. ![]()
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