Here's a brief look at the history of the under-appreciated, but absolutely vital tank car. 1865: Crude oil discovered in Pennsylvania led to the invention of the first tank car - three wooden ...

Weighing 18 tons, with a crew of 2 plus four gunners Little Willie was the first completed tank prototype in HistoryIn 1915 the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, created a Landships ...

It was at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette on the Somme, in September 1916, that tanks first went into action. If there is an originator of the tank it was Lt Col (later Major-General) Sir Ernest ...

It was also equipped with interior wheels that very much resembled the setup for the automobile, which was still centuries away from being invented. However, the first working tank -- known as ...

Weighing 18 tons, with a crew of 2 plus four gunners Little Willie was the first completed tank prototype in HistoryIn 1915 the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, created a Landships ...