WW1 Tanks

Originally posted by Mountain Man Originally posted by Delenda est Roma Originally posted by Nick1986 Originally posted by Delenda est Roma Old Da Vinci thought up everything before us :p. But weren't WWI tanks prone to mechanical problems? And what carried the extra fuel trucks? Indeed. As Centrix will tell you, tanks were slow, unwieldy, and caught fire easily. The French solved the fuel problem by creating "chars de ravitaillement:" armored supply carriers capable of following the tanks. A good solution, But one which points out the vulnerability of rear area activities such as re-fueling to enemy artillery fire.

Went perusing around Wiki and found this:



That's a mighty small tank to the left of Mr. Holt. I would think no nation would see much use for such a small tank other than the Italians with their L3/33 and L3/35 tankettes used in the Spanish Civil War and WWII.

Of the tanks used in WWI it appears most were of a good size and I found only the French Renault FT tank to be of comparable size to the Holt mini Cooper.



As these French tanks were more in use than any other tanks of WWI I wonder for what use they were employed. As breakthrough tanks? This tanks don't appear to be capable of going through wire entanglements or of crossing over trenches.

Sorry Mountainman, i don't understand why remote linking isn't working. According to this German website, the French nicknamed the Schneider "rolling crematory" as it easily caught fire
http://www.fl18.de/artikel/347/

Originally posted by Mountain Man This is the American Ford 3 ton tank - comparable to the "Whippet" tankettes of other nations.  These seem to have been intended to be the equivalent of cavalry, intended to accompany the infantry and deal with enemy machine guns. To show actual size:

How many of these were used on the Western Front? It's not a tank i'm familiar with

Little Willie the first ever tank

Edited by Toltec - 04-Nov-2012 at 12:47

Concepts for an armored infantryman.  not very practical because I don't see how anyone could fight simultaneously, but maybe they were supposed t crawl to the enemy trench in them?


Edited by Mountain Man - 05-Nov-2012 at 13:05

Originally posted by Nick1986 The Germans introduced the first self-propelled tank destroyers shortly after the first tanks arrived. Anti-aircraft guns were mounted on flat-bed lorries and inflicted heavy casualties on British tanks at Cambrai

Pictures, pictures...and pictures?

Rolls Royce Armored Car: