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Shelley Potteries in Staffordshire, had also traded as The Foley Potteries
In 1896 Percy Shelley became the sole proprietor, after which it remained a Shelley family business
British heavy tanks were a series of related armoured fighting vehicles developed by the UK during WW1
The Mark I was the world's first tank, a tracked, armed, and armoured vehicle, to enter combat
The name "tank" was initially a code name to maintain secrecy & disguise its true purpose
The tank was developed in 1915 to break the stalemate of trench warfare
It could survive the machine gun & small-arms fire in "no man's land", travel over difficult terrain, crush barbed wire, & cross trenches to assault fortified enemy positions with powerful armament
Tanks also carried supplies & troops
British heavy tanks are distinguished by a rhomboidal shape with a high climbing face of the track, designed to cross the wide & deep trenches prevalent on the battlefields of the Western Front
Due to the height necessary for this shape, an armed turret would have made the vehicle too tall & unstable. Instead, the main armament was arranged in sponsons at the side of the vehicle
The prototype, named "Mother", mounted a 6-pounder (57 mm) cannon & a Hotchkiss machine gun at each side
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 Mark I entered service in Aug 1916, & was 1st used in action on the morning of 15 Sept 1916 during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, part of the Somme Offensive
With the exception of the few interim Mark II & Mark III tanks, it was followed by the largely similar Mark IV, which first saw combat in June 1917
The Mark IV was used en masse, about 460 tanks, at the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917
The Mark V, with a much improved transmission, entered service in mid-1918
More than 2000 British heavy tanks were produced. Manufacture was discontinued at the end of WW1
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Tracked NZPO delivery NORTH Island URBAN | $7.90 | |
Tracked NZPO delivery NORTH Island RURAL | $12.90 | |
Tracked NZPO delivery SOUTH Island URBAN | $8.90 | |
Tracked NZPO delivery SOUTH Island RURAL | $13.90 | |
Tracked AIR MAIL delivery anywhere in AUSTRALIA | $18.90 | |
FREE inclusion with other POST-PAID item purchase | $0.00 |
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