It was used in World War II and could reach more than 60 miles per hour. One the fastest tanks ever built was the American Hellcat (M-18), designed by Buick. A five-issue mini-series was released in 2008 by DC’s Vertigo Comics set during Operation Iraqi Freedom.ġ7. Combat’s covers several times, second only to Sgt. Combat series, followed the adventures of tank crew guided by the ghost of an American Civil War era general. DC Comics’ The Haunted Tank, which ran from 1961 to 1987 as part of its G.I. Comics starring tanks include G.I Combat’s “The Haunted Tank,” “Tank Girl” and “World of Tanks: Roll On.” Images (l to R): © DC Comics, Titan Comics and Dark Horse Comics.ġ6. Tank Girl, featuring the heroine Rebecca Ruck who drove and lived in her tank in post-apocalyptic Australia, became a punk-counterculture favorite when it was first released in 1988. There are actually several “tank joke” forums hosted by military enthusiasts and gaming sites. The comic is written by Garth Ennis ( Preacher) with illustrations by Carlos Ezquerra ( War Stories Vol. Dark Horse Comics released the first issue of its World of Tanks: Roll Out series in August 2016 based on the World of Tanks universe. It’s previous record was 91,311 players set in 2011.ġ3. In 2013, the online game World of Tanks set a record for “Most Players Online Simultaneously on one MOG Server” when 190,541 players played on the RU2 server in Russia. United States and other armies worldwide now have similar devices in their tanks.ġ2. Since 1945, all British tanks have been equipped with boiling vessels allowing them to make tea. One of the first video games based on tank combat was, Atari’s two-player arcade game, Tank, released in 1974 using a black and white Motorola television as its display monitor.ġ1. After several fails, they could only pull the books apart using two tanks.ġ0. On Season Six, Episode 12 of MythBusters, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman took on the myth that interweaving the pages of two large phone books makes it impossible to pull the books apart. By 2014 many were auctioned off to help raise money to build a museum, while several others were donated to a Massachussets-based foundation preserving historic war aircraft and vehicles.ĩ. The world’s largest private collection of tanks belonged former Silicon Valley engineer Jacques Littlefied, who had accumulated around 240 vehicles valued at more than $30 million from around the world on his California estate by the time of his death in 2009. There were even canons, and steel-enforced slanted falls to help deflect enemy fire.Ĩ. It was to be maneuvered by two large inside cranks powered by four strong men. In 1487, Leonardo da Vinci designed a fighting vehicle sometimes described as the prototype of modern tanks. Wells wrote a short story for The Strand magazine called “The Land Ironclads,” and described a similar vehicle to future tanks.ħ. Also in 1903, science fiction author H.G. This included an armored self-propelled cannon moved by a “caterpillar system” similar to modern tanks’ tracks.Ħ. The idea for the tank far precedes its use, including a vehicle designed by French artillery captain in named Levasseaur in 1903. Likewise, the American Armoured Foundation (AAF) Tank Museum in Virginia is one of the world’s most extensive collection of International Tank and Cavalry artifacts dating back to 1509.ĥ. The Tank Museum in Bovington, England boasts the “World’s Best Collection of Tanks” with more than 300 vehicles on display dating from the world’s first tank, the “Little Willie” to the modern U.K. The first American-designed tanks included the tracked Steam Tank, and Hold Three-Wheeled Steam Tank in 1918.ģ. Forces included the French Renault FT and British Mark Vs. According to the Tanks Encyclopedia, some of the first tanks used by U.S. The United States’ 1 st Battalion, Heavy Tank Service emerged in 1918. The word “tank” was applied to these armored landships even before they entered battle, to keep their nature and use secret.Ģ. tanks are still built for the same purposes: firepower, manoeuvrability and strong armor. In honor of Veterans Day and veterans everywhere, let’s take a look some completely random, yet entertaining factoids about this amazing piece of machinery and its place in both history and pop culture: The first British Tanks, and contemporary U.S. In 1916, British military forces used a tank for the first time in the Battle of the Somme, helping to bring an end to the First World War. The Tank is celebrating 100 years of military service this year. It is hard to believe the tank has been a part of the battlefront for 100 years.
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