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  2. Tanks in World War I - Wikipedia

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    In July 1918, the French used 480 tanks (mostly FTs) at the Battle of Soissons, and there were even larger assaults planned for the next year. In Plan 1919 , the Entente hoped to commit over 30,000 tanks to battle in that year.

  3. List of combat vehicles of World War I - Wikipedia

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    They were developed to break through barbed wire and destroy enemy machine gun posts. The British and the French were the major users of tanks during the war; tanks were a lower priority for Germany as it assumed a defensive strategy. The few tanks that Germany built were outnumbered by the number of French and British tanks captured and reused.

  4. List of formations of the United States Army during World War I

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    Corps Shoulder Sleeve Insignia Name Activated Commanding General Campaigns I Corps: January 20, 1918 Maj. Gen. Hunter Liggett Maj. Gen. Joseph T. Dickman Maj. Gen. William M. Wright

  5. British heavy tanks of the First World War - Wikipedia

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    In the aftermath of the offensive, some 300 abandoned British tanks were behind German lines, of which 170 were reported to be repairable. By the end of the war, there were seven German tank battalions equipped with captured British tanks. [34]

  6. Comparison of World War I tanks - Wikipedia

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    Prototype-World War I Tanks that entered service after, but as designed in World War I Name Country Year Planned prod./actual total Crew Armament [ammo (rds.)] Armour thickness (front/side/top) Weight Engine Speed Range FCM Char 2C: France 1918 300+/10 12 Canon de 75 modèle 1897, 4× 7.92 mm MG 45/22/10 mm 70 t Petrol 2×200/250 hp

  7. List of military engagements of World War I - Wikipedia

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    Almost as soon as they were invented, planes were drafted for military service. Battles: 1914 in aviation. Raid on Cuxhaven; Air combat of October 5, 1914 Strategic bombing during World War I (1914–1918) German bombing of Paris during First World War; German bombing of Britain (1914–1918) Bombing of London during the First World War

  8. Tanks in the German Army - Wikipedia

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    The tank name,"Mephisto" of this captured A7V is painted on the end facing of the box-shaped tank chassis serial number 506, as almost all German tanks in WW1 were given individual names. A German-captured British tank in 1917.Battle of Cambrai (1917). Germans recover a British Tank 1917.Battle of Cambrai (1917).

  9. Tanks of the United States - Wikipedia

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    While there were several American experiments in tank design, the first American tanks to see service were copies of French light tanks and a joint heavy tank design with the United Kingdom. In the interwar period there was reduced development due to the low expenditure on war material following the US non-interventionist policy and the ...