Tank Collection (page 6)

French Military Poster, WW1
French military poster, colour photolithograph published by the British Library, 1981. Reproduces a French home front poster from World War One designed by Simay

Trench Art lighter in the shape of a WWI tank
A very novel Trench Art lighter in the shape of a First World War tank. Trench Art

Tank in action. Reproduced from the original painting by John Hassall for William Foster & Co. Ltd. Engineers, Lincoln, England. John Hassall, Ri, Rwa (1868-1948)

WW1 brass tank paperweight made for McKechnie Bros. Ltd, Birmingham, England. Trench Art

WW1 tank teapot, manufactured by Sadler. Bairnsfather Ware

Wooden model of a British tank, WW1, Trench Art

Tank handbag advertisement, WW1
A novelty hand bag in the shape of a tank, available from Mark Cross Ltd of Regent Street in 1918. 1918

Maginot Line fortifications by G. H. Davis
With Asparagus anti-tank defences: Maginot Line fortifications at the start of the Second World War. A typical frontier work, with galleries within a hillside, leading to pill boxes

Polish tanks at the start of World War Two
Poland as a military power: cavalry, tanks and infantry, part of a spread of photographs in the Illustrated London News. Here Polands mechanised forces are seen: tanks moving up towards the frontier

Tank crew protective helmet with chainmail, WW1
Tank crew protective helmet with chainmail, used during the First World War. Seen here on display, probably in a museum. Date: 1914-1918

Hittites warriors on a tank. Late imperial period. Hittite art. Imperial Hittite period. Relief on rock. TURKEY. Ankara. Archaeological Museum

German Siemens Schuckert D. VI fighter plane, WW1
A German Siemens Schuckert D.VI single-seat fighter monoplane with a 180 hp Siemens-Halske engine, fitted with a belly tank that can be jettisoned

Experiment with British Mark V tank, WW1
Experimentation with a British Mark V tank, fitted with rope-sprung tracks by Colonel Johnson at Dollis Hill, north west London, during the First World War

British Mother or Big Willie tank being tested, WW1
British " Mother" or " Big Willie" tank being tested at Burton Park, Lincoln, during the First World War

British soldiers with tank in trench, Ribecourt, France, WW1
Men of the 1st Leicester Regiment, 6th Division, in and around a captured German second line trench, one mile west of Ribecourt, northern France, during the Battle of Cambrai, First World War

Miss Lurline
MISS LURLINE performs in a tank at the Cirque des Champs- Elysees, Paris; she performs acrobatics and even eats, remaining underwater for two and a half minutes at a time Date: 1882

Diagram of French tank WWI
Diagram of internal Layout of French Renault FT-17 Char Mitrailleur Mosquito Tank

Union Workhouse, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
The Doncaster Union workhouse opened in 1900 at Springwell Lane, Balby, replacing the previous premises at Hexthorpe Lane

Petard Mortar on a Churchill AVRE Tank; Second World War, 19
Photograph showing the Petard mortar on a Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) tank, France, 1944. The Churchill AVRE tank equipped with a Petard mortar

Model of the R. M. S. Queen Mary in a test tank, 1934
Photograph of an 18-foot model of the R.M.S. Queen Mary being tested in an experimental tank. The designers were seeing how the ship would cope with an Atlantic Gale when run at full speed

Locomotive no 190, 0-8-0 tank engine. Date: circa 1905

Locomotive number 157 Barcelona, an E Tank Special c1890. Date: c1890

Triumphant return of a tank. Introducing the Tanks to Londoners. The film The Battle of the Ancre as seen at the Scala Theatre, London

WW2 - Liberation of Paris. A Leclerc Tank in action. Date: 1944

Cisterns of Tawila, near Crater (Kraytar), Aden
Cisterns of Tawila (Tawila Tanks), near Crater (Kraytar, Seera), British colony of Aden (now in Yemen). An ancient historic site with a capacity for millions of gallons of water

Makeshift Home Guard Tank
This jerry-built armoured car, fitted with a Sunbeam chassis and three machine guns, was the pride of the Berkshire Home Guard. 1940

Cromwell tank
Photograph: Cromwell tank. From a collection of 80 photographs and 429 negatives taken and collected by Lt Col C J G Meade MBE, 8th Hussars, 1945-1953 (c). Associated with Korea (1950-1953)

A Churchill tank
Photograph: A Churchill tank. From a photograph album containing 211 photographs compiled by Maj Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3/4 County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1944-1945

Tommy gun practice. Tony Troiano, Arthur Cook Brian Darch
Photograph: Tommy gun practice. Tony Troiano, Arthur Cook Brian Darch. Shows three men standing on a tank, one of them firing a gun and two others standing behind

Normandy: Churchill tank waits in ambush
Photograph: Normandy: Churchill tank waits in ambush. A Churchill tank awaits possible enemy counter-attack in a ruined Normandy village, scene of much bitter fighting recently

Some invasion craft and a tank submerged
Photograph: Some invasion craft and a tank submerged during the initial stages of the invasion. Shows the beach showing submerged vehicles

Indian tank crew astride their Sherman tank
Photograph of an Indian tank crew astride their Sherman; photograph from collection covering Middle and Far East, World War Two

Man on 1913 / 14 Norton motorcycle
Man on his 1913/14 Norton 600cc side valve Flat Tank Big Four Norton motorcycle circa 1914

Armoured cars en route to Handeni, East Africa, WW1
Armoured cars (Rhinos) en route to Handeni, East Africa (now in Tanzania), during WW1. 1916

Algeria - Timgad - Byzantine Baptism Pool
A Byzantine Baptismal Pool at Timgad, a Roman colonial town in the Aures Mountains of Algeria, founded by the Emperor Trajan around AD 100. Date: circa 1910s

The Golden Temple, Amritsar, 1858
Sacred tank and marble causeway leading to the Golden Temple in Amritsar (or Umritzir as it is spelt here), in India; the centre of the Sikh religion. Date: 1858

Caterpillar Tank cartoon scatters fleeing Germans
Proposal for a caterpillar tank - in World War One Date: circa 1916

Advert for Ewart & Son boiler 1888
Advertisement in a trade book for 1888, New Crown boiler, instant hot water in five minutes, available from Ewart & Son in Euston Road, London. 1888

A Tale of Two Tanks by Heath Robinson, WW1 cartoon
A wartime cartoon by William Heath Robinson showing two tanks charging into battle, only to crash head on, fly conjoined into the air and fall to earth, shattered into pieces. Date: 1917

The American Suction Tank, WW1 Heath Robinson
The American Suction Tank for drawing the enemy from his dug-out. An idea for a new form of weapon, based on a correspondents suggestion to William Heath Robinson during the First World War

WW1 - British Tadpole Tank
WW1 - British Mark IV tank, also known as the Tadpole. The Mark IV was first used in mid 1917 at the Battle of Messines Ridge. It remained in official British service until the end of the War

Tank trapped in mud of Flanders, WW1
A tank stuck in the mud by the side of the Fampoux Road on the Western Front, a victim of the treacherous, waterlogged conditions Date: 1918

German soldiers fleeing from a firing tank, WW1
Frightened German soldiers fleeing from a firing tank during the First World War. Date: 1916

WW2 Poster -- Mightier Yet
Mightier Yet! Britains Mechanised Army grows stronger every day. Recruitment poster produced by HMSO, printed by Greycaine Limited, showing Vickers Mark 2 medium tanks. Date: 1940

Blitz in London -- Barking Power Station, WW2
Blitz in London -- bomb damage at Barking Power Station, with a hand pointing to a crack in the tank of a transformer. Date: 1940s

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