Summary and Key Points: On April 24, 1918, during WWI, the first-ever tank battle occurred near Villers-Bretonneux. German A7V tanks clashed with British Mark IV tanks, showcasing the tactical ...

Deborah is one of the very last direct witnesses to the Battle of Cambrai. On November 20, 1917, this British Mark IV tank – a “Female” model, equipped exclusively with machine guns – took ...

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 guns, backed by Hotchkiss 7.62mm machine guns.

He said the tanks were quite rudimentary in modern terms, but it was contemporary technology working at its hardest and proved effective in battle. "WWI tanks were literally metal boxes on tracks," he ...

Many early WWI tanks had their turrets mounted on the side ... allowing vehicles to return to battle quickly. Even though there were tanks with rotating top-mounted turrets made as early as ...

NITRO, W.Va. (WCHS) — For nearly two decades a Nitro historian has been waging a one-man battle to find the city's long-lost World War I tank. We explore that effort to unravel the mystery of a ...

Summary and Key Points: On April 24, 1918, during WWI, the first-ever tank battle occurred near Villers-Bretonneux.German A7V tanks clashed with British Mark IV tanks, showcasing the tactical ...