A right front view of a Marine M1A1 main battle tank equipped with a fording kit for testing. The top of the kit's exhaust tower can be seen at the back of the turret. The Navy air cushion landing craft LCAC-10 is in the background
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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