World War 1 Weapon The Tank WWI Weapon

World War 1 Weapon - The Tank WWI Weapon Project By Myrianne Sanda, Brett Jones, Nicolette Crandoll, Sarah Perney, Bianca Trinidad By Bianca Trinidad, Sarah Perney, Brett Jones, Nicolette C, Myrianne Sanda

Development ● From the idea of farming vehicles that could cross difficult land with ease - “land boat” ● British built it in response to trench warfare of WWI ● The first prototype was built in 1915 the Little Willie: it had underwhelming performance

How It’s Used ● The tanks was used as advancement to get through No-Man’s land ● They were reliable on breaking through enemy lines

How Did Tanks Impact WWI The war was mostly fought on the trenches so there were barely any progress in fighting. The tanks broke the stalemate in fighting and allowed the fighting to actually go somewhere. Tanks made fighting the opposing side more effective than the trenches.

Advantages of the Tank Able to turn sharply at high speeds Can cross 8 feet gaps Can climb up to 5 feet hills Could fit up to 10 men, one artillery gun, and two machine guns ● could run over machine guns, flatten barbed wire, provide covering from infantry fire ● ●

Disadvantages of the tank ● Could get struck in trenches ● Most tanks could only up to 3 mph ● If broken down they could be destroyed by an enemy attack

WWI Tank Exterior

WWI Tank Interior

Improvements and Changes of the Tank Later on before the end of World War I, the tank could. . . ● Hold up to 10 men ● Reach speeds up to 4 mph ● Transport men more safely

Interesting Fact About the Tank 2) During the Battle of Amiens in 1918 72% of allied tanks were destroyed in just 4 days. 1. Tanks had genders At the beginning of the war, tanks were grouped according to their ‘gender’. The male tanks had cannons attached while the females carried machine guns. The prototype 3) By 1918 Britain and France had produced 6, 506 tanks between them. Germany had produced just 20.

WW 1 tanks were very slow and More Facts about the Tank couldn’t exceed 4 miles an hour. Tanks in WW 1 played an extremely important role as they increased mobility on the Western Front and eventually broke the stalemate of trench warfare. In World War 1 tanks first appeared at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette in September 1916. It was the first time tanks had ever been used in a military conflict. 6 days before the end of World War 1 the British Tank Corps only had 8 tanks left.

Tank Injuries

Tank Video Tanks

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