![]() ![]() Numerous photos show large groups of Germans examining the wreck (which was fairly intact), suggesting that it's location was not in direct view of the Australian lines. Indeed, the Germans appear to have made unsuccessful attempts to destroy this wreck, probably to prevent it being used for artillery registration.Ī male MkII, 799, went off course and was put out of action between the front and second-line German trenches near Queant. The position of this tank was probably too exposed to view from the Australian lines to permit more extensive examination, particularly after the second battle in May. Photographs show the tank being cautiously examined by German officers shortly thereafter. A female tank, 586, was immobilised on the edge of the front Hindenberg line trench, and abandoned in the retirement at the end of the battle. Here's your chance to rank the most powerful and important WW1 tanks.The first British tanks available for detailed examination by the Germans were two MkII machines damaged during the 1st battle of Bullecourt in April 1917. ![]() Armored commanders didn't understand how best to deploy them, and those Mark I's were used piecemeal, giving Germany time to adapt, develop tank-killing weapons, and eventually their own tanks.īy the time the war ended, thousands of tanks had been built, and both sides were developing faster and heavier models that would have been instrumental in breaking the stalemate on the Western Front. In practice, tanks of the First World War didn't work exactly the way they were meant to, with the machines being slow, prone to breakdowns, and most importantly, often deadly to their crews. They deployed the first tank, the Mark I, in September, 1916, and the world was forever changed. The British realized that they'd need new technology to break the stalemate, and began the "Landship Project" to develop the equivalent of a ship to operate on land. World War 1 tanks were the first in history, great machines armed with cannons and machine guns, and designed to plow through barbed wire and trenches. ![]()
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