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| ARTICLES RELATED TO History of the tank | | | |  History of the tank: Encyclopedia II - History of the tank - World War I: dawn of the tankThe tank was developed by the British in World War I as a solution to the stalemate trench warfare had brought to the western front. The first prototype of the Mark I tank was tested for the British Army on September 6, 1915. Although initially termed "land ships" by The Admiralty, to preserve secrecy the initial vehicles were referred to as "water-carriers" which was then shortened to "tanks".
While the British took the lead in tank development, the French were not far behind and fielded their first tanks in 1917. The Germans on the ...
See also:History of the tank, History of the tank - Early vehicles in warfare, History of the tank - World War I: dawn of the tank, History of the tank - Between the wars, History of the tank - World War II, History of the tank - Nazi Germany, History of the tank - United Kingdom, History of the tank - Soviet Union, History of the tank - The United States, History of the tank - The Cold War, History of the tank - Entering the twenty-first century, History of the tank - Media Read more here: » History of the tank: Encyclopedia II - History of the tank - World War I: dawn of the tank |
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| | | | | History of the tank: Encyclopedia II - History of the tank - Between the wars Between the two world wars, with the tank concept now established, several nations designed and built tanks. Britain and France were the intellectual leaders while other armies generally followed and adopted their designs.
Britain continued its technical dominance of tank design from 1915 through at least the early 1930s. British designs, particularly those from the Vickers firm, formed the basis for many of the most common tanks of the 1930s and early WW2. For example, the Vickers Six Ton Tank was the basis for the Polish 7TP, the So ...
See also:History of the tank, History of the tank - Early vehicles in warfare, History of the tank - World War I: dawn of the tank, History of the tank - Between the wars, History of the tank - World War II, History of the tank - Nazi Germany, History of the tank - United Kingdom, History of the tank - Soviet Union, History of the tank - The United States, History of the tank - The Cold War, History of the tank - Entering the twenty-first century, History of the tank - Media Read more here: » History of the tank: Encyclopedia II - History of the tank - Between the wars |
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