The German Empire's World War I Heavy Tank was a Beast
The German Empire’s World War I Heavy Tank was a Beast Though the British fielded the world’s first tanks during World War One, the German Empire’s heavy tank designs were more than a match. Quite a few military innovations made widespread combat debut on the various battlefields of World War I—including submarines, machine guns, airplanes, poison gas and flamethrowers. But arguably among the most significant developments in military technology of the era was the tank. The British fielded the first tanks in numbers during that war, sending their Mark I tank to the front lines. Though ...