World War I was a proving ground for the world's first tanks and armored vehicles, rife with engineering successes and failures from various countries.
The tank has been the heavy hitter of ground war for decades. In that time, tanks have become high-tech, networked juggernauts with devastating abilities.
The rise of trench warfare and fully automatic machine guns had created a unique and deadly obstacle for infantry forces worldwide, tanks were the solution.
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