Tank Collection (#6)

The tanks reassemble after battle, 1917 Creator: Unknown
The tanks reassemble after battle, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Sur le massif de Moronvilliers; Notre artillerie d'assaut: char armé a l'avant d'un canon... 1917
Sur le massif de Moronvilliers; Notre artillerie d'assaut: char arme a l'avant d'un canon... 1917. First World War: on the Moronvilliers Hills; assault artillery

British Offensive in Cambrai; German Gunners Surprised by a Tank, 1917. Creator: J Simont
British Offensive in Cambrai; German Gunners Surprised by a Tank, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California, USA, 2022. Creator: Ethel Davies
Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California, USA, 2022. A fish seen through the aquarium at Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California, USA

L'Apparition des Tanks; L'entrée en ligne des premiers chars d'assaut Anglais
L'Apparition des Tanks; L'entree en ligne des premiers chars d'assaut Anglais, le 15 septembre 1916, 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919

Entre Aisne et Marne; "Depannage", sur le champ de bataille, d'un char d'assaut leger franc...1918
Entre Aisne et Marne; "Depannage", sur le champ de bataille, d'un char d'assaut leger francais, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919

Sur les Champs de Bataille de 1918; les chars d'assaut, 1918. Creator: Francois Flameng
Sur les Champs de Bataille de 1918; les chars d'assaut, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Notre Artillerie d'Assaut; La Replique de Foch: Au Sud-ouest de Soissons; Hisse sur la... 1918. Creator: Unknown
Notre Artillerie d'Assaut; La Replique de Foch: Au Sud-ouest de Soissons; Hisse sur la remorque, le char d'assaut est transporte rapidement a pied d'oeuvre, 1918

Notre Artillerie d'Assaut; La Replique de Foch: Au Sud-ouest de Soissons; embarquement... 1918. Creator: Unknown
Notre Artillerie d'Assaut; La Replique de Foch: Au Sud-ouest de Soissons; embarquement d'un char d'assaut sur une remorque, 1918

Notre Artillerie d'Assaut; La Replique de Foch: Au Sud-ouest de Soissons; un groupe de... 1918. Creator: Unknown
Notre Artillerie d'Assaut; La Replique de Foch: Au Sud-ouest de Soissons; un groupe de chars d'assaut legers entre deux attaques, 1918

La Replique de Foch: La Deuxieme victoire de la Marne; Char d'assaut ramenant du combat... 1918. Creator: Unknown
La Replique de Foch: La Deuxieme victoire de la Marne; Char d'assaut ramenant du combat un canon de 77 intact, pris a l'ennemi, 1918

L'Outillage Ennemi et le Notre; La solution francaise: nos chars d'assaut legers, armes d'un canon ou d'une mitrailleuse, vus de face, a la descente d'une pente

La Nouvelle Europe; la guerre civile a Berlin; du 5 au 11 janvier 1919 a Berlin; un tank... 1919. Creator: Unknown
La Nouvelle Europe; la guerre civile a Berlin; du 5 au 11 janvier 1919 a Berlin; un tank, pris naguere a l'armee britannique

Notre Contre-Attaque du 11 juin 1918; pendant la progression de nos fantassins de trou... 1918. Creator: Unknown
Notre Contre-Attaque du 11 juin 1918; pendant la progression de nos fantassins de trou d'obus en trou d'obus: un char d'assaut depasse l'infanterie, 1918

De la Picardie au Chemin des Dames; un char d'assaut au milieu d'une vague d'infanterie, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris

Un charge de tanks; des tanks rapides de l'armee Britannique chargent et dispersent... 1918. Creator: J Simont
Un charge de tanks; des tanks rapides de l'armee Britannique chargent et dispersent l'avant-garde d'une division allemande, 1918

Dans la Bataille; Les tanks repides de l'armee britannique, mis en service au printemps... 1918. Creator: Unknown
Dans la Bataille; Les tanks repides de l'armee britannique, mis en service au printemps de 1918 et utilises pour de decisives contre-attaques, 1918

Au Combat; Un tank en action: sa tourelle gauche est armee d'un petit canon marine a tir rapide, 1 Creator: Unknown
Au Combat; Un tank en action: sa tourelle gauche est armee d'un petit canon marine a tir rapide, 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" [L'Illustration, Paris

Dans le Nord delivre; L'outillage de la victoire; un "tank" de ravitaillement; cote des chars d'assaut legersdont la participation, en grand nombre

En Argonne; L'amalgame a l'arriere de l'offensive; chars d'assaut americains, fantassins... 1918
En Argonne; L'amalgame a l'arriere de l'offensive; chars d'assaut americains, fantassins et chasseurs francais, aux abords d'un cantonnement commun, 1918

En Argonne; Le depart des chars d'assaut americain pour l'attaque dans la foret, 1918. Creator: Unknown
En Argonne; Le depart des chars d'assaut americain pour l'attaque dans la foret, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Un tank en action; la tourelle de gauche est armee d'un petit canon de marine a tir rapide, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Un tank en action; la tourelle de gauche est armee d'un petit canon de marine a tir rapide, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Le "Tank"; premiere apparition d'un des nouveaux cuirasses de terre de l'armee... 1916
Le "Tank"; premiere apparition d'un des nouveaux cuirasses de terre de l'armee britannique au milieu des positions allemandes, a l'attaque du village de Flers

"The Water-Cart" - painted by Troyon - from the London Exhibition of the French School of Fine Arts, 1856. Engraving of a painting. M

Welcoming the Eighth Army into Gabes, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Welcoming the Eighth Army into Gabes, 1943. Gabes returns to French control with the help of the British (in the Mareth Line). The operation results in serious damage to the city infrastructure

Welcome Home Parade, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Welcome Home Parade, between 1910 and 1920
Welcome Home Parade, between 1910 and 1920

Army, U.S. Armored Car, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Army, U.S. Armored Car, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Army, U.S. Armored Car, 1916. First World War: armoured vehicle, No. 8 Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, Washington, DC. Note telegram delivery boy in Western Union cap

Army, U.S, Capt. - Renwick with Army Truck, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Army, U.S, Capt
Army, U.S, Capt. - Renwick with Army Truck, 1917. First World War: armoured vehicle with machine gun, built by Standard Steel Car Company of Pittsburg. Note telegram delivery boy in Western Union cap

Army, U.S, Capt. - Renwick with Army Truck, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Army, U.S, Capt
Army, U.S, Capt. - Renwick with Army Truck, 1917. First World War: armoured vehicle with machine gun, built by Standard Steel Car Company of Pittsburg. Note telegram delivery boy in Western Union cap

Turpentine still, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Turpentine still. Georgia

1973 Austrian Grand Prix. Osterreichring, Austria. 17-19th August 1973. Flat 12 engine in Chris Amon's Tecno E731. Ref: 73AUT16. World Copyright: LAT Photographic

1985 Portuguese GP
CIRCUITO ESTORIL, PORTUGAL - APRIL 21: Nelson Piquet looks at the BMW turbo engine during the Portuguese GP at Circuito Estoril on April 21, 1985 in Circuito Estoril, Portugal

Water Dance
Mark Strom

WW II - range of bombs, ordnance dropped by RAF
Vintage World War II photograph - range of bombs ordnance dropped by bombers of the RAF

German tank destroyer Jagdtiger 1946
German tank on its way to England for technical examination, post-World War Two: a monster tank destroyer, the Jagdtiger (Jugd Tiger tank), mounted with a 125mm gun, and weighing 69 tons complete

BR Pannier Tank No. 1371, 1951
This 0-6-0 Pannier Tank was built in 1934 at Swindon Works. It was part of the 1366 class of locomotives. This images shows the locomotive in British Railways livery

A Sherman VC Firefly tank of 24th Lancers, 8th Armoured Brigade, near St Leger, 11 June 1944. The Sherman Firefly was based on the US M4 Sherman Tank but fitted with the powerful 3-inch calibre

A collection of Iraqi tanks rusting in a scrap yard close to Kuwait City are a reminder of the 1990 - 91 Gulf War

Decommissioned Tanks
May 1958: British tanks which took part in the defeat of Germany at the end of World War II, lie piled on top of each other at a scrapyard in Hamburg, waiting to be broken up and recycled

Tanks under construction in A Erecting Shop, Swindon Works. 1941
One of the earliest tasks contracted to the GWR by the Ministry of Supply was the erection of tanks for supply overseas. Thousands of tank components were being made by all the British railway

Italian Propaganda postcard - Invasion of Albania by Italian Tank Regiment (this card is celebrating the brave tank drivers) 7-12 April 1939

Dickinson & Johnson music hall Crystal Tank artistes
Alice Dickinson and Queenie Johnson music hall swimmers and tank performers. High divers and ornamental swimmers. ?Wonderful performances in a small tank.? Date: circa 1904

India, Punjab, Amritsar, a sikh pilgrim praying at the Golden Temple - the holiest shrine of Sikhism

Kigali, Rwanda. The colourful water tower of the national stadium stands high above the city

Westcountry Army Reservists Call in Chinook Helicopter during Dynamic Training Weekend
Pictured is a Challenger 2 MBT and Chinook Helicopter on the Salisbury Plain Training Area. Army Reservists from the Royal Wessex Yeomanry and regular soldiers from The Royal Tank Regiment

Challenger 2 Tank Live Firing During Exercise
A Challenger 2 main battle tank (MBT) is pictured during a live firing exercise in Grafenwhr, Germany. Exercise BAVARIAN CHARGER was the first of three large contingency operation exercises being

A QRL Challenger 2 at a media demonstratio. Kuwait. 13 / 03 / 2003
A Queens Royal Lancers Challenger 2 tank, attached to the 1st Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (1 RRF) Battlegroup, demonstrates its ability to the worlds media, at Camp Coyote, Kuwait

Cartoon with British and American tanks, WW2
Cartoon, political map of Libya with British and American tanks during the Second World War. circa 1942

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Unyielding and unstoppable, tanks have played a pivotal role in shaping history. From the Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank patrolling outside Basra, Iraq to the German Panzer tank of 1944, these armored giants have left an indelible mark on warfare. The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards & Gulf War Tank stand as a testament to their power and presence in modern conflicts. But they are not just instruments of war; they also hold historical significance. Take the Pannier tank, no. 7766 from the 1930s or the Churchill AVRE Tank in France during World War II - each representing a different era and purpose. In India's Amritsar lies the Golden Temple, its serene beauty contrasting with images of tanks surrounding it before significant events like WW1 or even back in 1913. These juxtapositions remind us that even sacred places can be touched by conflict. During times of war, propaganda posters like 'Back Them Up' rallied support for those who fought alongside tanks on battlefields such as Menin Road in Ypres, Belgium during WW1. British Mark IV tanks stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Canadian soldiers, showcasing international cooperation amidst chaos. Beyond Europe's borders lie scenes like The British Second Army in Valkenswaard, Holland during World War II - proof that tanks transcended continents to fight for freedom wherever needed. Whether it is the raw power emanating from a Challenger 2 Tank or witnessing history unfold through vintage photographs capturing moments like German Panzer Tanks advancing through Germany or Indian temples surrounded by armored vehicles – one thing remains clear: Tanks symbolize strength and resilience throughout time.