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Description
Here's one of the originals - the breed of armored vehicles that started it all.

By 1915, it was increasingly obvious that trench warfare and the Maxim machinegun had rendered traditional infantry and cavalry charges obsolete, as formations got bogged down in artillery-distored earth and barbed-wired fields, all while literally being mowed down by machinegun fire. Great Britain realized that if any progress was to be made on the front at all, a means to smash through the impenetrable German defenses was needed. To this end, development of the tank began. Extremely crude, underpowered and underarmed by modern standards, the Tank nonetheless proved to be potent weapon, with 50 assaulting the Somme on September 15th 1916 - 14 broke down while en route, but the remainder where able to break through the notoriously deadly German lines nonetheless. On November 20th 1917, at the Battle of Cambrai, the entire British Tank Corps. (474 vehicles) made the most susccessful use of tanks against trench warfare, seizing 12 miles of the German front in one day. From that point in history, the tank was here to stay.

The first produced British tanks were more akin to land warships, with a large crew that had to share the cramped quarters with the engine, hull-mounted warship-like turrets for weapons, and with communication carried out either by signal flags or carrier pigeons. The British also made a rather sexist distinguishment between their tank varients, with the more heavily armed models (two cannons plus machineguns) referred to as "males," while the lighter armed models (machineguns only) were referred to as "females."

Tank Mk.IV Female Vehicle Stats:
Type: Infantry Assault Tank
Manufacturer: Vickers
First deployed: March 1917

Crew: 8
Length: 8.05 m
Width: 3.2 m
Height: 2.5 m
Weight: 27 tons

Armor: 6-12mm
Armament: 6 x .303 Lewis MG

Powerplant: Foster-Daimler 105hp V-6 gasoline engine
Max speed: 6km/h

Operators: UK

Description
Here's one of the originals - the breed of armored vehicles that started it all.

By 1915, it was increasingly obvious that trench warfare and the Maxim machinegun had rendered traditional infantry and cavalry charges obsolete, as formations got bogged down in artillery-distored earth and barbed-wired fields, all while literally being mowed down by machinegun fire. Great Britain realized that if any progress was to be made on the front at all, a means to smash through the impenetrable German defenses was needed. To this end, development of the tank began. Extremely crude, underpowered and underarmed by modern standards, the Tank nonetheless proved to be potent weapon, with 50 assaulting the Somme on September 15th 1916 - 14 broke down while en route, but the remainder where able to break through the notoriously deadly German lines nonetheless. On November 20th 1917, at the Battle of Cambrai, the entire British Tank Corps. (474 vehicles) made the most susccessful use of tanks against trench warfare, seizing 12 miles of the German front in one day. From that point in history, the tank was here to stay.

The first produced British tanks were more akin to land warships, with a large crew that had to share the cramped quarters with the engine, hull-mounted warship-like turrets for weapons, and with communication carried out either by signal flags or carrier pigeons. The British also made a rather sexist distinguishment between their tank varients, with the more heavily armed models (two cannons plus machineguns) referred to as "males," while the lighter armed models (machineguns only) were referred to as "females."

Tank Mk.IV Female Vehicle Stats:
Type: Infantry Assault Tank
Manufacturer: Vickers
First deployed: March 1917

Crew: 8
Length: 8.05 m
Width: 3.2 m
Height: 2.5 m
Weight: 27 tons

Armor: 6-12mm
Armament: 6 x .303 Lewis MG

Powerplant: Foster-Daimler 105hp V-6 gasoline engine
Max speed: 6km/h

Operators: UK