Tanks

Tanks Destroyed

Advantages of the tank in WW1

•  It could act as a moving shield for infantry. 
•  It could provide heavy covering fire. 
•  It can clear the way for infantry and other vehicles 
• they carried guns so they could fire on the enemy. 

Tanks in the industrial revolution, history

The Industrial Revolution changed Europe dramatically over two centuries. However, progress was not confined to peaceful applications of new technology. Whenever new technology has been introduced in the history of mankind, there has always been someone ready to adapt it for the purposes of war.

Continuation.
At the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, armies fought on foot or on horse, with swords, lances or muzzle-loading muskets. The musket was a long gun, firing round balls of lead. It had a killing distance of about 150 metres and a very slow rate of fire. Because of this, foot soldiers fought in three rows, or ranks.

Then came the tanks made in Britain , by Henry Bessemer.He proved to produce such accuracy with a bronze cannon. Bessemer tried using steel but found it too costly. This caused him to develop a process for making cheap steel, the Bessemer process. This came the tanks

The tank newspaper, the making of it.

Details of the tank.

They were somewhat bullet proof so offered protection to those inside and behind them. They carried guns so they could fire on the enemy. They could roll through wire and over trenches. Other than that, they were hot, slow, and not reliable. On the contrary they broke the stale mate in 1918 making this one of the best discoveriesg in british military past.

few disadvantages

• They were slow and thus vulnerable to anti-tank weapons 
• They were inaccurate 
• It could cross only certain kinds of terrain. 

More details about the tanks.
Disadvantages They were very slow and vulnerable to grenades and,mines They could only cross certain kinds of terrain It could breake down They were very heavy so they could sink into the mud Being big and all they were easy targets They were very expensive The crew operating the tank died of dehydration.

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