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Although they played such a massive role in the Second World War, tanks were actually invented and deployed during the First.
American Armour in the Great War
The complete text of Dale E. Wilson's article on US tanks 'American Armour in the Great War'.
Tanks and AFVs of the Great War
This site devotes a page to every mark and make of tank, sometimes just a paragraph or two, sometimes detailed essays with plenty of illustrations.
The First Panzers 1917-18
Part of the Achtung Panzer! Website, this article discusses the evolution of Germany’s first tanks, the A7V and A7V/U.
Weapons of War: Tanks
This relatively long article covers the evolution and deployment of the tank during the First World War.
'Why, Where and How was the Tank Invented?'
Friends of the Lincoln Tank present a multi-page article on the First World War origins of the tank.

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