A front view of a Marine M1A1 main battle tank on the deck of a Navy air cushion landing craft (LCAC). The Marine Corps is evaluating a fording kit for the tank, the main components of which are an exhaust tower at the rear of the hull, two air intake to
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Naval Amphib Base, Little Creek
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Unknown
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Tanks in mass culture. Tanks were first developed separately and simultaneously by Great Britain and France as a means to break the deadlock of trench warfare on the Western Front. Their first use in combat was by the British Army in September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. The name "tank" was adopted by the British during the early stages of their development, as a security measure to conceal their purpose.
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Date
01/01/1988
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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