. . . . . . . . "I carri armati pesanti britannici erano una serie di mezzi corazzati sviluppati dal Regno Unito durante la prima guerra mondiale. Il Mark I \u00E8 stato il primo carro armato al mondo, un veicolo cingolato, armato e corazzato, ad entrare in combattimento. Il nome \"tank\" era inizialmente un nome in codice per mantenere la segretezza e mascherare il suo vero scopo facendolo sembrare un veicolo per il trasporto d'acqua per le truppe in prima linea. Fu sviluppato nel 1915 per rompere lo stallo della guerra di trincea. La sua corazza \u00E8 immune alle mitragliatrici e al fuoco delle armi leggere. Nella \"Terra di nessuno\" pu\u00F2 viaggiare su terreni difficili, schiacciare il filo spinato e attraversare le trincee per attaccare posizioni nemiche fortificate con potenti armamenti. I carri armati trasportavano"@it . . "British heavy tanks were a series of related armoured fighting vehicles developed by the UK during the First World War. 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 and disguise its true purpose by making it appear to be a water transport vehicle for bringing water to the troops at the front line. The tank was developed in 1915 to break the stalemate of trench warfare. It could survive the machine gun and small-arms fire in \"No Man's Land\", travel over difficult terrain, crush barbed wire, and cross trenches to assault fortified enemy positions with powerful armament. Tanks also carried supplies and troops. 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. Due to the height necessary for this shape, an armed turret would have made the vehicle too tall and unstable. Instead, the main armament was arranged in sponsons at the side of the vehicle. The prototype, named \"\", mounted a 6-pounder (57 mm) cannon and 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 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. 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 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 two thousand British heavy tanks were produced. Manufacture was discontinued at the end of the war."@en . . . . . . . . "internal"@en . "1122718173"^^ . . . . . . . . "Carri armati britannici della prima guerra mondiale"@it . . "150"^^ . . . . . . . "2.4384"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "maximum"@en . "8"^^ . . . . . . "26"^^ . "Daimler-Knight 6-cylinder sleeve-valve 16-litre petrol engine"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "British heavy tanks of the First World War"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1916"^^ . . . . . . . "22320.0"^^ . . . . . "British heavy tanks of WWI"@en . "Mark II, Mark III, Mark IV, Mark V, Mark V*, Mark V**, Mark VI, Mark VII, Mark VIII, Mark IX, Mark X, Gun Carrier Mark I"@en . . . . . . . . . "--09-25"^^ . . . . . "David Lloyd George"@en . "I carri armati pesanti britannici erano una serie di mezzi corazzati sviluppati dal Regno Unito durante la prima guerra mondiale. Il Mark I \u00E8 stato il primo carro armato al mondo, un veicolo cingolato, armato e corazzato, ad entrare in combattimento. Il nome \"tank\" era inizialmente un nome in codice per mantenere la segretezza e mascherare il suo vero scopo facendolo sembrare un veicolo per il trasporto d'acqua per le truppe in prima linea. Fu sviluppato nel 1915 per rompere lo stallo della guerra di trincea. La sua corazza \u00E8 immune alle mitragliatrici e al fuoco delle armi leggere. Nella \"Terra di nessuno\" pu\u00F2 viaggiare su terreni difficili, schiacciare il filo spinato e attraversare le trincee per attaccare posizioni nemiche fortificate con potenti armamenti. I carri armati trasportavano anche rifornimenti e truppe. I carri armati pesanti britannici si distinguono per un'insolita forma romboidale con un'alta parete di arrampicata del cingolo, progettata per attraversare le ampie e profonde trincee prevalenti sui campi di battaglia del fronte occidentale. A causa dell'altezza necessaria per questa forma, una torretta armata avrebbe reso il veicolo troppo alto e instabile. Invece, l'armamento principale era disposto in sponson sul lato del veicolo. Il prototipo, denominato Mother , montava un cannone 6 libbre da 57 mm e una mitragliatrice Hotchkiss su ogni lato. Successivamente, i sottotipi furono prodotti solo con mitragliatrici, che furono designati Female, mentre la versione originale con il 6 libbre sporgente fu chiamata Male. Il Mark I entr\u00F2 in servizio nell'agosto 1916 e fu usato per la prima volta in azione la mattina del 15 settembre 1916 durante la battaglia di Flers-Courcelette, parte della battaglia della Somme. Con l'eccezione dei pochi carri armati intermedi Mark II e Mark III, fu seguito dal Mark IV in gran parte simile, che vide per la prima volta il combattimento nel giugno 1917. Il Mark IV fu utilizzato in massa, circa 460 carri armati, nella battaglia di Cambrai nel novembre 1917. Il Mark V, con una trasmissione molto migliorata, entr\u00F2 in servizio a met\u00E0 del 1918. Furono prodotti pi\u00F9 di duemila carri armati pesanti britannici. La produzione \u00E8 stata interrotta alla fine della guerra."@it . . . . . . . . . . . "British heavy tanks of WWI"@en . . . . . . . "British heavy tanks were a series of related armoured fighting vehicles developed by the UK during the First World War. 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 and disguise its true purpose by making it appear to be a water transport vehicle for bringing water to the troops at the front line. The tank was developed in 1915 to break the stalemate of trench warfare. It could survive the machine gun and small-arms fire in \"No Man's Land\", travel over difficult terrain, crush barbed wire, and cross trenches to assault fortified enemy positions with powerful armament. Tanks also carried supplies and troops."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1462403"^^ . . . . "2012-12-08"^^ . . "yes"@en . . "yes"@en . "54499"^^ . . . . "Tank, Mark I"@en . . . . . "1915"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "United Kingdom"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Well, we must not expect too much from them but so far they have done very well, and don't you think that they reflect some credit on those responsible for them? It is really to Mr Winston Churchill that the credit is due more than to anyone else. He took up with enthusiasm the idea of making them a long time ago, and he met with many difficulties. He converted me, and at the Ministry of Munitions he went ahead and made them. The admiralty experts were invaluable, and gave the greatest possible assistance. They are, of course, experts in the matter of armour plating. Major Stern, a business man at the Ministry of Munitions had charge of the work of getting them built, and he did the task very well. Col Swinton and others also did valuable work."@en . . . . . . "2438.4"^^ . . . "from 1916"@en . . . . . .