Tank Mark 1
When you think of a tank, you normally think a heavy metal vehicle with a big turret on top. But it was never started as like that. It started like this.
As you can see the difference in the tracks, shape, and the location of the turrets. But how did the tank started? How did a vehicle become a worldwide Warmachine?
It all started during the 1st World War. The idea was to break the trench warfare & spread confusion and panic. The main person responsible for the final design of the Mark 1 tank was W G Wilson. It was the service model of the prototype vehicle known as mother. Which came from the development model based on the whole tractor chassis. Mother was demonstrated in January and February 1916. And the first production order was placed. Originally the tank was intended to have a turret top but this plan would have made the tank unstable so instead, it would have two 6-pound guns placed in one on each side. It would also have a Hotchkiss machine gun on the top of the guns and it would also have the third gun on the front.
The crew of the Mark 1 tank total of 8 people. The tank itself was a large and heavy vehicle powered by a Daimler 78.3 kilowatts. It had 2 lozenge-shaped continuous tracks. The amour was 6 to 12 millimeters thick, but bullet splash could still find the way inside and injuring the crew. It could cross trenches up to 2.4 meters. This was achieved by two twin wheels tails.
When the tanks were at France at mid-1916, they were ordered into action. They went into battle in the morning of fifteenth 1916 at Fleur Corsola in an attempt to support the Allies. It did its purpose but many had a mechanic issue and bogged down by the mud. It did make history but the action was a failure.
