First Tank The first tanks were used by the British army in World War I They had a gun and a machine gun on each side I Mechanic Mike says To keep the first tank secret the makers said they Ywere building water tanks The word tank has stuck ever
The first tanks needed a crew of eight a commander a driver two engineers and four gunners Armament was two large naval guns and two smaller machine guns versions of this tank from Mark to mark X were used in World War I 1914 18 the Russian Civil War 1917 22 and the German Revolution 1918 19 Did you know that the very first tank was built in 1915 and named Little Willie The first Mark I tanks were used in September 1916 during the Battle of Flers Courcelette in
