Tank

Tanks of WW2 My topic is on the tanks of World War II. Many types of tanks where used to do many different things like the anti-tank tank used a heavy gun and was super slow. There are 7 Nations i will talk about, we have The United States ,Britain ,The Soviet Union ,Japan ,Nazi Germany ,Italian ,and then France. There were multiple things used to help out tanks and destroy them like Anti tank rifles and anti tank guns. The different types of tanks used in WW2 are: AA tanks for anti-air to shoot down enemy aircraft.Anti-tank to destroy tanks or structures like bunkers or AT or AA guns.Light tanks which are low in armor high in speed and medium in damage.Medium tanks which are medium in armor medium in speed and medium in damage.Heavy tanks which are High in armor, medium in speed and high in damage.They affected heavily in the war like light tanks used for scouting and medium is for fighting normal things and heavy for fighting tanks…

a variety of tanks to suit specific needs in World War 2. The British manufactured about 36 tanks in WW2, each one with different armament, weaponry, versatility and maneuverability. The first tank developed for The british was The cruiser tank Mk 1, manufactured in 1938. It was the first in a long ¨Cruiser¨ tank era , it weighed about 12 tons and was armed with a 40mm cannon. Cruiser tanks emerged from the interwar doctrine that called upon two types of tanks, Cruiser and infantry.…

The “Tank Man” photograph was taken on June 5, 1989. This mind-boggling photograph shows a man standing in front of a column of tanks. As the history recalls, this incident happened after the Chinese military had suppressed Tiananmen Square protests. When the tanks were rolling down the road, the man appeared fearless as he stepped out to temporarily stop the movement of tanks. This is most commonly seen as an act of defiance or mockery, but people are still not sure who exactly the man was,…

A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle designed for front-line combat, with heavy firepower, strong armour, and tracks providing good battlefield maneuverability. The first tanks were designed to overcome the deadlock of trench warfare; now they are a mainstay of modern ground forces and a key part of combined arms combat. Modern tanks are versatile mobile land weapon system platforms, mounting a large-calibre cannon in a rotating gun turret, supplemented by mounted machine guns or other…

dominated the war throughout the years were the tank. Tanks had more firepower in the form of machine guns, then the cannon, to provide supporting fire for attacking troops. Tanks were the strongest weapon in the war. Tanks first showed in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette in 1916. Armored vehicles such as tanks started to build before World War I. When the war started, all of the country’s started to improve their armored vehicles for the war. Introducing tanks in the war was the best idea to…

The Origin of the Tank The first tank ever created was built durin World War I in repsonse to many issues caused by trench warfare, which brought with its creation, a new era of mechanized war. When first produce tanks were slow and know to break down often, tanks greatly improved by the time World War II started. Development during World War I began with the Allies. France's first attempt was to create a machine to clear away the large amounts of barbed war that was strewn about the…

The invention of the tank during world war one completely changed how countries knew how to fight. Tanks are able to move through rough terrain and destroy anything in its path. Tanks are mobile, strong, and extremely sturdy. The idea of the tanks came from a development of a farm tractor in the fourteen hundreds. Many armies wanted a mobile vehicle that could clear large gaps and could go through difficult terrain. They also didn't want to use traditional wheels.Tanks were and are still are…

adaptable and superior tank accelerated, which put pressure on all the participating nations: Germany, Russia, the United States, and Great Britain. To compete against German tanks, the British government ordered engineers to design an adaptable tank in 1943. The engineers’ goal would be to design a far superior tank compared to the German counterparts; however, this project did not reach completion until the end of the war in 1945 (Ware 36). This tank design became known as the Centurion tank.…

Many countries failed to build tanks including the United States. Failing to build tanks cost them wealth or money. The United States Army provided foods and supplies to different countries. But more for their allies ( Great Britain and the Soviet Union). About fifteen percent of vehicles were provided by the United States to the United Kingdom and Commonwealth. Also, the Soviet Union or USSR was provided about twenty-four percent of the vehicles We declared war on Japan in 1941. Different…

Tanks were at the beginning was a tractor that carried men artillery and supplies. Tanks were designed as infantry support, because back in those days the men in charge sent in mass groups of men and hoped for the best, because the way men had to travel was on foot over mountains, through desserts, through muddy terrain, over rocks, through towns, and over debris. The first tank was designed by William Tritton and Major William Tritton and they named it “Little Willy” it ran on two caterpillar…