Tank going into action
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1999-11-70-28
Description
Photograph: Tank going into action. From an album of 76 official photographs, 1916-1917. Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). The Mark II tank ‘Lusitania’ of the 1st Tank Brigade moves forward along a ruined street in Arras. Over 50 Mark IIs took part in the Battle of Arras and several were knocked out by German gunners firing armour-piercing machine gun ammunition.
Campaigns
World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)
Units
People
Associated collection
