Tank Collection (page 13)

Warfare on wheels by G. H. Davis
Warfare on wheels: mechanised and mobile units of the modern British Army during the Second World War. Showing many types of vehicle used by the various military units. Date: 1942

Tanks going into action by G. H. Davis
Mechanised warfare on land during the Second World War: the tanks go into action. Date: 1942

British and American fighting vehicles by G. H. Davis
British and American fighting vehicles: some of the wheel and track vehicles in the front line during the Second World War. Date: 1942

British tank Mark VIB by G. H. Davis
British Tanks: No. 3. Light tank Mark VIB. A sectional drawing of a light British tank which proved its fighting ability on various fronts during the Second World War. Date: 1941

British tank Mark IVA by G. H. Davis
British Tanks: No. 2. Cruiser (medium) tank Mark IVA. A diagrammatic drawing showing medium cruiser tanks in action during the Second World War. Date: 1941

Money and munitions by G. H. Davis
Money and munitions: an illustrated armament catalogue. Pictures showing the various costs of the weapons used during the Second World War, ranging from a battleship at 8, 000

Types of German tank by G. H. Davis
The four principal types of German tank during the Second World War: heavy and light mechanical cavalry. Top left: light tank (short type). Bottom left: light tank (long type)

Advert for the General Electric Company 1944
Tanks can t run on toasters. Many manufacturers dedicated their factories to making military tanks, aircrafts and weapons for the War effort, and stopped making household goods. Date: 1944

Toasting the tank, Christmas 1916
Secondary front cover of The War Illustrated magazine featuring an illustration of British soldiers toasting a tank, comparatively a new-comer into the arean of battle

German armoured car with bullet holes - Munich
A German armoured car with nine bullet holes marked on it, which took part in the civil unrest in Munich - May 1st and 2nd 1919.. Date: 1919

British soldiers with captured German gun, WW1
British soldiers with a captured German 5.9 naval gun on the Cambrai Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Village on Western Front, France, WW1
Scene in a ruined village on the Western Front in France during World War One, with British troops and a tank. Date: circa 1916

British tank in action, Western Front, France, WW1
A British tank in action on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Two six-ton tanks climbing a hill, WW1
Two six-ton Renault tanks climbing a hill towards the end of the First World War. Date: 1918

Three famous Allied tanks by G. H. Davis
Three famous Allied tanks respected by the Axis during the Second World War: the Churchill, the Sherman and the General Grant. Date: 1943

German and Italian tanks in Libya by G. H. Davis
Panzer types: German and Italian tanks opposing British tanks in the Libyan desert during the Second World War. Date: 1941

German tank transporters by G. H. Davis
Tank transporters: used greatly by Germanys Panzer divisions during the Second World War. An important adjunct to the cartage of tanks, saving wear, tear and time

How a tank is controlled by G. H. Davis
How a tank is controlled: details of the Carden-Vickers Bren Gun carrier. A sectional drawing showing crew positions, layout and equipment. Date: 1941

Tracked machine guns and in fights by G. H. Davis
Mechanical supports for the infantry of the British Army as depicted by ILN special diagrammatic artist, G. H. Davis, showing tankettes with trailer wagons for transporting machine-guns together with

Tank manoeuvres controlled by radio-telephony by G. H. Davis
Annotated illustration showing a company-commander broadcasting his orders to his section-commanders by wireless. The tank in the foreground is seen cut away diagrammatically to show the driver

Finns v. Russian tanks by G. H. Davis
Finns v. Russian tanks: bombing from pits under the snow during the Second World War. How Finnish bombers get to close quarters with tanks by hiding in camouflaged pits

Racing yacht tests in a tank by G. H. Davis
Did trials of models bring Ranger victory? Tests in a tank. How science is called in to help the designers of racing yachts in the United States

Poster, French liberation, WW1
French fundraising poster showing a tank on a battlefield, encouraging people to invest their money to help the war effort during the First World War. Date: 1918

Training school for submarine crew 1943
The U.S Navy submarine school at New London, which these photographs were taken is a rigorous training ground for the men who have already passed preliminary teasts fitting them for their dangerous

Peace Day procession, 19th July 1919
Tanks take part in the Peace Day Victory procession through London on 19th July 1919 to celebrate the end of World War One. Date: 19th July 1919

Advert for The General Electric Company 1943
A battalion of kettles won t stop a tank. That is a job for gun, shells, mines and bombs. So that industry can concentrate its energies on the weapons and supplies of War

SAVA armoured car, WW1
A SAVA armoured car, used by the Belgian army during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Field gun and tank in a town square
A field gun and a tank from the First World War standing as if on display in a town square, with the Skindles Hotel and Restaurant in the background. The hotel identifies the town as Maidenhead

WW1 - Two armour plated army vehicles, labelled HMAC Silver Witch. Date: circa 1917

Two disabled tanks during WW2
Two disabled tanks at the side of a building in Germany during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

German tank at the side of a road, WWI
A World War One German tank in a shallow ditch at the side of a road at the end of the war, with a car passing alongside. Date: circa early 1920s

Amoured tank in action
A photograph of a British tank advancing to destroy German machine gun positions. Tanks were first introduced into battle on the 15th September 1916 when a D1 tank was guided into action by Captain

Allied Armour heading into Holland; Second World War, 1944
Illustration showing Allied units heading up the Eindhoven to Nijmegen road in Holland during September 1944. In the foreground of this image one can see a tank destroyer, a despatch rider

FOUNDLINGS IN A TANK
Young children in a tank, an outdoor pool, at a London Foundling Hospital. Date: early 1930s

Gas Attack Drill
Men wearing gas masks and gas tanks, taking part in a gas attack drill in Germany before the outbreak of World War Two. Date: 1930s

Gloster Mars I, G-EAXZ, in its Gloster I form where the ?
Gloster Mars I, G-EAXZ, in its Gloster I form where the fuel tank was housed internally to improve the pilot?s view and the wings were rebuilt

Turkey, Istanbul - Water Tender Date: circa 1930s

WW1 - Whippet Tanks crash through enemy German wire - Western Front Date: circa 1917

WW1 - Whippet Tanks with air support - Western Front
WW1 - Tank Corps - Whippet Tanks with air support attack German positions on the Western Front. Date: circa 1917

Disabled German Tank - WWI - Betheny (Marne) - captured on 29th May 1918 by the 100th Infantry Regiment on the Road to Neufchatel. Date: 1918

WW2 - Paris Liberation - Disabled Tank at Quai d Orsay
WW2 - Paris Liberation - Disabled German Tank at Quai d Orsay - the graffiti reads: " Here died three French soldiers". Date: 1945

British Bulldog Tank surprises Germans in a trench
A truly superb postcard showing a British Tank represented by an armour-plated Bulldog surprising three German soldiers in their trench. WWI era

A dynamic model of a twin-float seaplane in the RAE tank

Malkara wire-guided anti-tank missile. November 1972. Date: 1972

Malkara wire-guided anti-tank missile on its launcher. September 1958. Date: 1958

A Vickers 891 Vigilant anti-tank missile shortly after launch from a Ferret Scout Car. circa 1961. Date: 1961

About to fire a battery of Vickers 891 Vigilant anti-tank mi
A soldier about to fire a Vickers 891 Vigilant anti-tank missile. circa 1961. Date: 1961

A 75-gallon drop tank under a Hawker Sea Hawk. 1956. Date: 1956

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