MILITARY TANK
Invented: 1914
Inventor: Ernest Swinton
Inventor: Ernest Swinton
The idea of the “tank” was first thought up by Britain’s official war correspondent, Ernest Swinton, who suggested the crawler tractors used to pull artillery on the Western Front could be used as offensive weapons with the capability to climb a five-foot obstacle, span a five-foot trench, resist small arms fire and travel at 4mph.
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