![]() They fought on, sometimes with other tanks and US troops, until the armistice.” – Tanks Encyclopaedia. In the summer of 1918 the Allies were on the counter-offensive and the Saint Chamond found open terrains suitable for it. “Their precious 75mm (2.95 in) and speed on roads and moderately flat terrains made them ideally suited as mobile assault guns, to deal with German batteries (Nahkampfbatterien). The tank had a 75mm (2.95 in) gun, which is essentially a French field artillery canon, with an additional four 8mm (0.31 in) Hotchkiss machine guns mounted on its front and sides the most heavily-armed Allied tank of WW1. Weighing 23 tonnes (50,700 lbs) and almost 9 meters in length (29.5 ft), this enormous machine of war needed eight well-trained soldiers to operate but could remarkably still travel at 12Km per hour (7.5mph) – making it a devastating tool for those facing it down with small arms – as seen in the movie. ![]() Here, we explore the deployment of the worlds first tanks, and the German armies attempt to fight. ![]() However, by the technical definition of a heavily armored turreted vehicle, it is not actually a tank although considered as part of early tank development by both military historians and engineers. In 1916, the British Army unleash a terrifying new weapon against their German opposition in WW1.
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