British Mark I Tank, 1916

Informationen zum Autor David Fletcher MBE was born in 1942. He has written many books and articles on military subjects and until his retirement was the historian at the Tank Museum, Bovington, UK. He has spent over 40 years studying the development of British armoured vehicles during the two World Wars and in 2012 was awarded an MBE for services to the history of armoured warfare. Tony Bryan is a freelance illustrator of many years' experience who lives and works in Dorset. He worked for a number of years in Military Research and Development, and has a keen interest in military hardware. Tony has produced many illustrations for partworks, magazines and books, including a number of titles in the New Vanguard series. Klappentext In 1915 a machine christened Little Willie changed the way that wars were fought. Little Willie was a fully tracked armoured vehicle that could break a trench system. Its development was completed in December 1915, but by then it had already been superseded by an improved design, Mother. This was the first rhomboid tank, and the prototype for the Mark 1 which would influence a whole generation of tank building. This book details the development of the Mark I, and its surprise arrival in France in the middle of 1916 during the closing weeks of the battles of the Somme. Zusammenfassung The first tank ever to be used on the battlefield, the Mark I, profoundly changed the nature of warfare in the 20th century and beyond. This work covers the Little Willie and Mother Mark I prototypes and the aftermath of their introduction. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction · Little Willie and Mother · The Mark I tank · Unit organisation and arrival in France · The intermediate tanks Mark II & III · Variants · Mark I tanks in Palestine · Tanks saved for preservation · Colour plate commentary

Product details

• Authors: David Fletcher
• Assisted by: Tony Bryan (Illustration), Bryan Tony (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.06.2004
• EAN: 9781841766898
• ISBN: 978-1-84176-689-8
• No. of pages: 48
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 248 mm x 5 mm
• Series: New vanguard series; New Vanguard; New Vanguard; New vanguard series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; European History, First World War, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Military / Weapons, Military vehicles, Warfare & defence, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1910 to c 1919, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Military / Vehicles / General