It operates more than 2,500 T-72 tanks and has ordered a total of 1,657 more modern T-90 tanks. Russian-origin tanks are the mainstay of the Indian Army. Hindustan Times takes you through the history of tanks in the Indian Army on a day tank warfare hit a milestone. The T 55 classic tank was entrusted to Singh when he joined the army as second lieutenant.(Sameer Sehgal /HT File Photo) Army officers pull a tank with lieutenant general KJ Singh on it in July 2016 as a part of a traditional adieu to a retiring officer. The Somme campaign in France was the first major offensive for the British Army against the Germans. Manufacture was discontinued at the end of the war.Tanks were used for the first time 100 years ago in the Battle of Somme during World War I, ushering in a new era of armoured warfare. More than two thousand British heavy tanks were produced. The Mark V, with a much improved transmission, entered service in mid-1918. The Mark IV was used en masse, about 460 tanks, at the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917. With the exception of the few interim Mark II and Mark III tanks, it was followed by the largely similar Mark IV, which first saw combat in June 1917. The Mark I entered service in August 1916, and was first used in action on the morning of 15 September 1916 during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, part of the Somme Offensive. Later, subtypes were produced with machine guns only, which were designated "Female", while the original version with the protruding 6-pounder was called "Male". The prototype, named " Mother", mounted a 6-pounder (57 mm) cannon and a Hotchkiss machine gun at each side. Instead, the main armament was arranged in sponsons at the side of the vehicle. Due to the height necessary for this shape, an armed turret would have made the vehicle too tall and unstable. British heavy tanks are distinguished by an unusual rhomboidal shape with a high climbing face of the track, designed to cross the wide and deep trenches prevalent on the battlefields of the Western Front.
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