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The tank could place demolition charges at heights up to 12 feet. The tank was driven against a wall, the framework was lowered into the ground against the wall. The tank then backed up 100 feet laying out an electric detonating cable. The explosives were then detonated by the tank driver. It was the successor to the single-charge device "Carrot".
The United States Army ordered a single example for evaluation on 22 November 1919, which was approved on 8 June 1920. [2] The tank featured four large road wheels with rubber tires on the corners of the hull, a central bogie on each side with a pair of road wheels with coil springs which could be lowered or raised depending on if tires or ...
The Carden Loyd tankette came about from an idea started, as a private project, by the British military engineer and tank strategist Major Giffard LeQuesne Martel. He built a one-man tank in his garage from various parts and showed it to the War Office in the mid-1920s. With the publication of the idea, other companies produced their own ...
Carden Loyd M1931 amphibious tank (29) - purchased in 1935. Carden Loyd M1936 (4) - Light two-man tank, purchased in 1936. Renault FT (100+) - purchased from Poland & France in 1920s & 1930s. Panzer I (10) - purchased from Germany in 1930s. T-26 (88) - Licensed copy of British Vickers 6-ton Tank, purchased from Soviets in 1938. Vickers 6-ton ...
On the Western Front in the later stage of the war, Allied tanks could break through the enemy trench lines but the infantry (needed to take and hold the ground gained) following the tanks were easily stopped or delayed by small arms fire and artillery. The breakthrough tanks were then isolated and destroyed, and reinforcements plugged the hole ...
Keller is home to nearly 50,000 people today, but it used to be a much quieter farming community back in the day. Here are some shots of Keller’s people and places from the 1920s to the 1950s ...
Patton: A History of the American Main Battle Tank Volume 1 (Reprint ed.). Echo Point Books & Media. ISBN 978-1626541597. LCCN 84016586. OL 2854160M. Hunnicutt, Richard P. (1988). Firepower: A History of the American Heavy Tank. Presidio Press. Hunnicutt, Richard P. (1971). Pershing: A History of the Medium Tank T20 Series. Presidio Press.
From cantaloupe queens to construction of Grapevine Dam (and an albino raccoon, just for the heck of it): Check out these historic photos of Grapevine TX. PHOTOS: Life in Grapevine, Texas, during ...