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The first ever tank was invented back in 1915 by man called Lancelot de Mole, Australian Mechanical engineer and inventor. Mark I tank saw service in 1916 it was used mainly to break into enemy defenses and overwhelm them with sheer firepower. Mark I tank’s design was bulky and big, it had 2 giant tracks on it’s armor. It weighted 28 tons, armor was from 6 to 12 mm, 6 mm on sides and 12 mm for the front plate. Being such a bulky and oversized machine with less than 120 horsepower it could go up to 3 miles per second only. Its main gun was 6 pounder Hotchkiss cannon (57mm), and it also had backup machine guns. After the first world war (1914-1918) Germany was in big trouble after losing the war, country was on the edge, it was about to fall apart. But then Adolf Hitler came in power. Germany was not allowed to have tanks on any other motorized warfare vehicles. But despite that, Hitler started underground operation and built thousands of panzer 1 and panzer 2 tanks, in 1939 (September 1st) Germany ambushed and invaded Poland in incredibly short amount of time with strategy called “Blitzkrieg” (Lightning war). It basically means …show more content…

After some time American’s have developed M4 Sherman and later its upgraded versions. M4 Sherman was medium tank with good front plate armor (70mm) sloped at 60 degree and it was armed with 57 mm main cannon and usually two 30 cal backup machine guns, sometimes one 30 cal for the radio operator and one 50 cal on the hatch. British didn’t really have main battle tank, mostly used once were Churchill and Cromwell. Churchill was a heavy tank with good but flat armor which made penetrating it easier, but Cromwell was a quick medium tanks weighting up to 30 tons. Tiger 1, Sherman, and t-34 were the main tanks of WW2, every one of them required crew of 5 men to operate: Tank commander, Gunner, Radio operator, Loader, and a

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