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The armored car recived it's baptism of fire in World War 1 where mechanized vehicles soon took over for the once-vaulted cavalry units.The evolution was a natural and logical one for the avdent of the machine gun as a battle field implement.
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On this day in 1915, a prototype tank nicknamed Little Willie rolls off the assembly line in England. Little Willie was far from an overnight success. It weighed 14 tons, got stuck in trenches and crawled over rough terrain at only two miles per hour. However, improvements were made to the original prototype and tanks eventually transformed military battlefields.
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The armored car found its niche on the battlefeilds of World War 1 in securety, renisance, and scouting roles. They provide a from of mechanized warfare prior to the arrival of the tank but still played second-fiddle to cavalry due to ong-standing belifes held by war planners and commanders.
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Considered a combat tank during World War 1, the Char 'dAssult St. Chamond shared qualities more akin to an "assult gun'.
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The M1917 6-ton light tank was an American lisense-production copy of the highly succsesful French-designed Renault.
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In the period following World War 1, nationality millitary powers turned their attintion to the design and development of " multi-turrented" tanks.
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The armored car prove it's military value during the fighting of World War 1 where mechanized forces were just begining to find their place on the battlefeild. Such vehicles offered mobile firing platforms and armored scouting services and able to affect any one given engagement on the conflict.
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The 7TP series wqas a polish light tank design, based on the british " Vickers-Armstrong" 6-ton light tank (Mark-E).
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Armored cars played a major role in warfare during World War 1 for they're ease of production and machine gun-carrying qualites.
