History of Tank Warfare

History of Tank Warfare is a mini encyclopedia that tracks the evolution of armoured land warfare from the First World War to the present day. From its introduction on the Western Front during World War I, through major World War II battles and Cold War clashes to the Gulf War, the tank has shaped the manner in which land warfare has been waged over the last 100 years.

The app includes the most important and influential designs, from the first experimental armoured fighting vehicles to the latest high-tech million-dollar machines of today. This pocket compendium app contains over 340 vehicles and lets you explore:

- the crystallisation of the tank concept, from the early, less practical (the Vezdekhod, the CLB 75 Tank, the Holt Gas-Electric Tank) and exotic designs (the Tsar Tank, the Skeleton Tank, the Steam Tank) to the combat-ready vehicles (Whippet, A7V, Schneider CA1, Saint-Chamond and the Mark I-VIII series) and the now traditional turreted, rear-engined Renault FT,

- the wide range of tank designs developed during the interwar period: the French heavy tanks (Char 2C, FCM 1A), the British (Vickers A1E1 Independent, Medium Mark III), German (Neubaufahrzeug) and Russian (T-28, T-35) multi-turreted designs, the wheels-and-tracks concepts (Kolohousenka, Christie T3, T7 Combat Car) and the fast cavalry tanks (AMR 33, AMC 34, AMR 35 and the BT series),

- the evolution of the tankette, from the 1920s Carden Loyd machine gun carrier, the pre-World War II AH-IV, T-27, Tancik vz. 33 and TKS, the combat-proven Japanese Te-Ke, Type 92 and Type 94 to the Cold War Wiesel 1/2 series,

- the tank's rapid development across all weight classes during the short time span of the Second World War: light tanks (Ha-Go, M3/M5 Stuart, Panzer I/II, T-60), medium tanks (Comet, Cromwell, M3 Lee/Grant, M4 Sherman, Panther, Panzer III/IV, T-34), heavy tanks (Churchill, IS-1/2, KV-1/2, M26 Pershing, Tiger I/II) and super-heavy tanks (Maus, T28, TOG II),

- the arrival of the main battle tank, from the post-WWII first generation (Centurion, T-54/55, M47 Patton), the mid-Cold War second generation (AMX-30, Panzer 61/68, Leopard 1, Merkava I/II, T-64), the late 1970s-early 2000s third generation (Leopard 2, M1 Abrams, Challenger 1/2, T-80, K1, Leclerc) to the modern day third generation modernised (Arjun, Type 99, VT-4, Karrar) and fourth generation (Altay, K2 Black Panther, T-14 A