Armoured Warfare Collection

Casualties from the front pass destroyed tanks, Villers-Bretonneux, France, World War I, 1918. Villers-Bretonneux was the scene of the first tank battle in history, on 24th April 1918

Back cover of The Eighth Army, 1944. The Eighth Army was a field army and one of the best-known formations of the British Army during the Second World War

Benghazi ahead, 1942 (1944)
Benghazi ahead. The Army and the Air Force advanced hand in hand. Here a Honey tank, outdistancing its own supply vehicles, draws petrol from an RAF bowser, c1942 (1944)

and the gunners wait, 1942 (1944). Soldiers of the British 8th Army preparing for the Battle of El Alamein. From The Eighth Army [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1944]

The tank crews prepare... 1942 (1944). Soldiers of the British 8th Army preparing for the Battle of El Alamein. From The Eighth Army [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1944]

A tank breaking through the wire at Cambrai, France, World War I, c1917-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
A tank breaking through the wire at Cambrai, France, World War I, c1917-c1918. The British were the first to use tanks (or Landships as they were originally described) in the First World War

Engineers clearing a destroyed tank from a road, World War I, 1917-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Engineers clearing a destroyed tank from a road, World War I, 1917-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Whippet tank on a muddy battlefield, Morcourt, France, World War I, 1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Whippet tank on a muddy battlefield, Morcourt, France, World War I, 1918. Nicknamed the Whippet, the British Medium Mark A tank was introduced in 1917

Severe problems faced the tank crews, c1941 (1944)
Severe problems faced the tank crews. The German Mark III was greatly superior in fire power, c1941 (1944). The Panzerkampfwagen III, commonly known as the Panzer III

French Tank Assault, July 1918, (1926). Artist: Francois Flameng
French Tank Assault, July 1918, (1926). Although tanks were first deployed in World War I by the British, it was the French who adopted the new weapon with the greatest enthusiasm

A group of light tanks, Soissons, France, 1918. Although tanks were first deployed in World War I by the British, it was the French who adopted the new weapon with the greatest enthusiasm

A broken down French light tank, Villers-Cotterets, Aisne, France, 1918. Tanks were first deployed in World War I by the British in 1916

Soldiers of the Volunteer Army before the tank General Drozdovsky, 1919
Soldiers of the Volunteer Army before the tank General Drozdovsky, Russia, 1919. The Volunteer Army was a White (anti-Bolshevik)

Soviet tanks and aircraft launching an attack, Russia, 1943

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