In 1916, British engineer William Tritton designed a new kind of tank that he believed would protect the crew from the greatest threat that tanks—then new in mechanized warfare—faced on the battlefields of World War I: artillery. That “Flying Elephant” tank was, in essence, a heavy-duty tractor fitted with guns and wrapped in steel plating […]Turtle Tank – Russians Built Shell Over Tank as Drone Protection
In 1916, British engineer William Tritton designed a new kind of tank that he believed would protect the crew from the greatest threat that tanks—then new in mechanized warfare—faced on the battlefields of World War I: artillery. That “Flying Elephant” tank was, in essence, a heavy-duty tractor fitted with guns and wrapped in steel plating […]