c. 1916 CE–c. 1918 CE
First tank use and combined-arms learning
War & military technology · Vehículos blindados · Armas combinadas · Infantería · Mantenimiento
British tanks entered combat on 15 September 1916 at Flers-Courcelette. Their mechanical and coordination limits showed that a new vehicle alone did not solve positional warfare; armies learned unevenly to integrate it with infantry, artillery, communications, maintenance, and supply. This record does not credit one country with the complete invention of later armoured warfare.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · approximate
- End
- year · approximate
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- Date not recorded
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Sources
- tankmuseum.org (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- 2023-09-13
- What this date describes
- The cited source or edition; it may postdate the historical event.
- Source updated
- 2024-01-10
- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
- Date evidence
- Declared in the cited source’s publisher metadata.
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