German crew with captured British Mk IV Tank
Mar 5 1919
Paul Castelnau in the Devastated Regions
Reims, Marne, Champagne, France
Tank Allemand dans les lignes Françaises
German Tank in the French lines
A 16 320
A 16 319
A 16 323
A 16 321Albert Kahn museum
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Mar 5 1919 Photographer Paul Castelnau takes these photos in the Devastated Regions of Reims, Marne, Champagne, France.
Fort de la Pompelle, Environs de Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, A 16 322
5 mars 1919
23-ton French tank the Saint-Chamond Tank No. 62668 (Petit Jean) of the second battery of AS 38. The Tank was captured by Germans #OnThisDay Jun 11 1918 after it became lost in Lataule
Renault Tank training at Chalais-Meudon photographed on December 20th, 1918
This led to problems when crossing trenches as they were way too short.
French Saint-Chamond Tank, showing its long and heavy snout, its 75 mm. field gun and two of its four machine guns. the track was sprung and carried on frames built seperately from the body, much as are wheels of a car.
Crews of British tanks Mk.I of company “ C ” Heavy branch of the Machine gun corps are completing the preparation of their vehicles for the first battle in the history of tank troops. France, district of Fleur, “chimpanzee valley”, September 15, 1916.
Crews of British tanks Mk.I of company “ C ” Heavy branch of the Machine gun corps are completing the preparation of their vehicles for the first battle in the history of tank troops. France, district of Fleur, “chimpanzee valley”, September 15, 1916.