This is the story of the Evolution of the Tank during World War One. Notorious for its appalling human cost, the First World War was fought using the latest technology – and the tank was invented to overcome the brutally unique conditions of this conflict.
Arriving at the mid-point of the war, they would be built and used by the British Commonwealth, French and German armies – with the US Army using both British and French designs.
00:00 | Intro
01:17 | The Beginnings of WWI
02:13 | The Solution to Trench Warfare
03:47 | Initial Ideas
05:42 | How to Cross a Trench
08:08 | How Effective was the Tank?
15:40 | Battlefield Upgrades
17:09 | New Designs
24:32 | Conclusion
This video features archive footage courtesy of British Pathé.
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This is a very impressive video. Well done The Tank Museum
Let me guess, you retirees in the museum are craving for a new war on the European theater, am I right? Nobody of you had the balls to dig into the own trauma, into the own subjection, to get your relations in order, to name the things, which are really counting. But all you've got in your heads is tanks, tanks, tanks, war, misery, dying. But it is not you, who are dying. Young men are dying, Russians and Ukrainians alike. They don't know each other, they don't hate each other and they want to stay with their loved ones. But that is not your topic, or is it? Your topic is tanks!
funny how the Burstyn prototype is absolutely forgotten…
I'm guessing there is still no heating in The Great War exhibition as Chris has donned a warm coat!
As usual another great video, looking forward to Tankfest 2024.
The park in waltham cross, England has a replica wwi tank in it. It's a replacement for an original wwi tank that was placed there after wwi to thank the town for raising funds for one. It was scrapped in wwii for the metal.
Eventually the Australians developed combined arms tactics to include tanks and that changed the war to breakthrough the Hindenburg Line.
For all the many flaws of the British Heavy Tanks, I think they still hold the record for trench crossing & obstacle climbing.
Very interesting, but the title is misleading, there is no comparison at all, you talk almost exclusively of British tanks.
There was only one tank in the war that proved usable, most modern tanks have a similar concept and it was also the only one that was produced in significant numbers. Yet it's barely mentioned in the video and you talk about British junk all the time.
I think the Crimean War was a precursor to WW1 which was only called the warr to end al wars after the end! The numbers of the middle and upper classes were shocked at how many people they lost so they didn't want another! If it was the poor working class that died well that was as it ever was!
I was also aware that Japan also saw the effective use of tanks as a way to provide cover and support for their infantry, starting with the I-Go tank.
What about the Motorgeschütz?
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6:38 are these Bullet Holes inside the Tank
Awesome video, as always. Thank you!
O think it is interesting that tanks were invented as a breakthrough weapon against the stalemate of the western front…than became a mobil element in WW2 to bring fast n quick havoc to overrun the enemy.
From a vehicle designed to support infantry to a vehicle infantry is designated to support it.
Great video.
Loved hearing the history.
Any chance of a video about inter war development
Cheers
The first tanks date to ancient Egypt and the reign of Mentuhotep the 2nd. Constructed of stone and timber with rudimentary tracks fabricated with flax and reeds with copper plates these vehicles were powered by a column of slaves that propelled the vehicle forwards. Archers within the stone armor chassis provided offensive power. They were used extensively during the battle of Avaris against the Canaanites the seige of Buhen in 130 BC.
Now I want to have that Rolls Royce as my daily driver. 😁 That's the first time I have seen and heard about Little Willie. Another brilliant post guys and once again I learned heaps. I have a model of the Mark 4 Female British WW1 tank. More on the French and German WW1 tanks please and where in Australia is the real German tank? 👍😎🇦🇺
Good summary
Very interesting video. The spanish civil war made both germans and soviets understand how to operate tank units and the need to upsize them ( firepower, protection and mobility).
The germans tested also combined operations (artillery + airplanes + tanks + infantry)
To hear Nicholas Moran tell it (and I don't doubt your expertise, but I think he also has some idea of what he's talking about) the Germans most certainly were not the only ones to appreciate the potential importance of the tank. The Germans certainly went through the least troubled interwar armor doctrine development of any of the powers that would play a part in WW2. And, unlike the British and the French, they incorporated tanks into a maneuver warfare doctrine (though the British did experiment with the idea of using mechanized maneuver forces). But the British, French, and Soviets all clearly understood that tanks were going to be very important in the next war.
Can we just appreciate for a moment how YouTube channels are giving us 1000x the quality of content that History Channel ever did?
0:10: Not just "Europeans". How about Australians, New Zealanders, Canadians, even the US who arrived just in time for "last drinks" lost a sizeable chunk of that generation.
Also in what about the Austro-Hungarian Motorgeschütz designed by Günther Burstyn but admitted not built.
I've been inside the A7V at the Queensland museum in Brisbane .
Outstanding video! Even my roommate who has zero interest in this type of content watched and really liked it.
Fantastic video!
Thanks!
I think their tanks rolling over on rough ground was an excellent characteristic for German tanks. Not from the German point of view obviously…but I'm sure the British soldiers loved it.
Only on the western Front. In the East it was still mobile warfare with some modern weapons added. The French built more tanks during WW1 than Britain had.
I've read of a tank German WW2 veteran who never mentioned his war service. He had been assigned to drive a Renault FT on occupation duties and never saw action. He was to embarrassed to mention this.
The British used Bullock track not Holt.
The British also used armored road trains in South Africa prior to WW1.
And the track laying vehicles shown just prior to 4:29 are not even Holts anyways. The UK had be using track layers for artillery as far back as 1902.