Two M-60 main battle tanks of the 8th Tank Battalion move along a dirt road during a field exercise
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Fort Pickett
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Lance CPL. B. J. Raughter
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Tanks in mass culture. Tanks were first developed separately and simultaneously by Great Britain and France as a means to break the deadlock of trench warfare on the Western Front. Their first use in combat was by the British Army in September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. The name "tank" was adopted by the British during the early stages of their development, as a security measure to conceal their purpose.
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Date
29/04/1985
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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