Today I was stumbling through wikipedia's article on the current day, as I often do when i'm bord. It includeds a list of events that occured on the day in history, and one caught my eye in particular:
"1916 World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme."
On September 15th, 95 years ago to the day, 49 British MK.I tanks were deployed (much less saw combat) to take place in what would be known as the Battle of Flers-Courcelette. This, inevitibly, lead to mixed results.
Even so, it's interesting to see how the technology of warfare - and technology as a whole - has changed so much in what can be considered, by historical standpoints, a very short amount of time. Even by 1919, one could consider the MK.VIII or the even older Renault FT-17 a massive improvement over the MK.I, showing our ability to adapt our works quickly and efficently once the initial troubles have made themselves clear.
