The concept of a military tank had been mooted for centuries by visionaries such as Leonardo da Vinci and HG Wells, yet it would take the horrific stalemate of the Western Front in World War One ...

World War I saw the birth of the tank - and the interwar years pushed the limits of early armored warfare. In this video, we ...

The First World War saw the birth of anti‑tank warfare. German forces used modified field guns, early armor‑piercing ...

On July 1, 1916, the Battle of the Somme began with a huge British attack on German positions. The British commander, Douglas Haig, had been keen to use tanks, but they were not ready, and he was ...

As a tank commander he was involved in planning how tanks could be used at the Battle of the Ancre, the final British attack of the Somme. Allen fought in both the Battle of Flers-Courcelette ...

The tanks suffered numerous mechanical failings from the beginning, having to cope with the heavily upset terrain of the Somme battlefield and manned by crews that had little training in their ...

The Mk. 1 tank was the world's first armoured and tracked vehicle to enter service. It was used to break the stalemate of trench warfare and could advance over terrain that was challenging for ...

The Mark IV tank, on which the replica is modelled, was first used in warfare in the Battle of the Somme on 15 September 1916. With 57,000 casualties on the first day it is regarded as the ...

Mephisto, the only German A7V tank from WW1 still in existence, was captured by Australian troops on the Somme in 1918, and brought to Australia.

The result was the tank, which had its debut at the Battle of the Somme on September 15th, 1916 — 100 years ago today. A British invention, the first tanks were large, slow, and a world ...

Crawling and clanking at only 4mph, a First World War tank bought central London traffic to a halt to mark the 100th anniversary of the weapon’s first use.

There were 108 of Mk XIX in use by the end of WW1, but the XIX remained in service until 1940. Tanks The Mk. 1 tank was the world's first armoured and tracked vehicle to enter service.