WW1 TANKS -Military Technology of WW1
6 videos • 5,702 views • by AiTelly MARK 4- A7V RENAULT FT17 In World War I, the development of tanks was a response to the stalemate that had established on the Western Front. Although vehicles incorporating the basic ideas of the tank (armour, firepower, and all-terrain mobility) had been planned for a decade or two before to the War, it was the beginnings of trench warfare's frighteningly high deaths that spurred development. Both the United Kingdom and France conducted research, with Germany following the Allies' lead only later. During August and September 1915, William Foster & Co. in the United Kingdom built the first automobile, called Little Willie. On February 2, 1916, the British Army saw a prototype of a novel design that would become the Mark I tank. These three tanks are the most important in shaping the role of battle Tanks