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TANKS
BY: SANDRA CELERINO
PERIOD 1

TANKS
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a heavy armored fighting vehicle that

carries guns and moves on a continuous
articulated metal track.
- it can only carry a crew of 3 people
the first tank it was called Little Willie
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Its maximum of speed was 3 mph and it

couldnt cross trenches.

WHERE IT WAS USED

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first time used was in the First World

War at the Battle of the Somme.
On september 1916 was deployed.
The British also used tanks into
their battle between france.

FOR WHAT IT WAS USED FOR

- they were used to attack the
enemies.
- france,germany and british used
it to attack their enemies.
- it was used to explode
people,other tanks and
buildings.

HOW MANY WERE USED

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49 tanks were sent from british and

were used into the battle.
By 1918 Britain and France had
produced 6,506 tanks between them.
Germany had produced just 20
In only 4 days during the battle of
Amiens 72% of allied tanks were
destroyed in 1918.

WHO HAD THE IDEA OF TANKS

- It was william foster who requested
the tanks and deployed it during
War World 1
- 1918 the tanks were finally used by
the british army.
- british were the first ones to use
them.

DAMAGES CAUSED BY TANKS

- British launched against
Germany killing each other
soldiers.
- 9 million went on war and 7
million died.
- only 3 million survived.

DESCRIPTION
- shows how the
tanks were used
during War world 1
by The Soldiers
- also showing the
various parts of one
of these crawling
wheelies