On 31 May 1918, a small tank designed by a famous French car maker and a brilliant army officer saw its first action. Its inspired design lives on in today's tanks, 100 years later.

There were lighter and quicker tanks operating in WWI, like the British-designed Medium Mark A Whippet (pictured), a 14-ton medium tank that used two four-cylinder 45-horsepower engines to achieve ...

When the British used their new tanks at the battle of Flers-Courcelette, in September 1916, the Germans shocked, finally realised that they needed to design their own tank... ‘National ...

The US military sought to develop a tank to break the trench warfare stalemate during World War I. British and French tanks inspired the US Army to design their own armored vehicle. The US tractor ...

Many early WWI tanks had their turrets mounted on the side of the vehicle, much like da Vinci's original design, although this approach was gradually dropped in favor of the layout we today ...

The design, mounted on a US-built Holt tractor ... What it's like to drive a WW1 tank What it's like to drive the FT Trowsdale spent nine months rebuilding the engines for the two tanks.

On 31 May 1918, a small tank designed by a famous French car maker and a brilliant army officer saw its first action. Its inspired design lives on in today's tanks, 100 years later.