the first tanks appeared in ww1 on april 1917.
the first tanks appeared in ww1 on april 1917.
when did the first tanks appear in ww1?
april 1917
the french fielded their first tanks in april 1917 and ultimately produced far more tanks than all other countries, combined.









































the germans, on the other hand, began development only in response to the appearance of allied tanks on the battlefield. whilst the allies manufactured several thousand tanks during the war, germany deployed only 20 of its own.
tanks in world war i
trenches, machine guns, air reconnaissance, barbed wire, and modern artillery with fragmentation shells helped bring the battle lines of world war i to a stalemate. the british and the french sought a solution with the creation of the tank and mechanised warfare. the british first tanks were used during the battle of the somme on 15 september 1916. mechanical reliability was an issue, but the experiment proved its worth. within a year, the british were fielding tanks by the hundreds, and they showed their potential during the battle of cambrai in november 1917, by breaking the hindenburg line, while combined arms teams captured 8,000 enemy soldiers and 100 guns. meanwhile, the french introduced the first tanks with a rotating turret, the renault ft, which became a decisive tool of the victory. the conflict also saw the introduction of light automatic weapons and submachine guns, such as the lewis gun, the browning automatic rifle, and the bergmann mp18.
world war i