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After the tank battle of Cambrai 1917 - video


egbert

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On page 369 of Pete Hart's " The Great War " he says (Cambrai)

" three tank brigades (476 tanks) "

that is 476 taking part in the battle, I think?

Mike

Edit The LLT also says 476 tanks

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Superb :thumbsup: thanks Egbert. Thankfully the war finished just in time to save all the trees and lamp posts of Europe :w00t:

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Hi Egbert

Great film, thanks for posting it. There may well have been about 100 or so knocked out tanks left on the battlefield by the time of the German counter-attack but the greater part of these would have been badly damaged ones and of no use other then scrap.

Annette

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Found the following on Cambrai:

Ivor Halstead, "The Truth About Our Tanks": "Of the tanks, 71 were abandoned for mechanical reasons, 43 bogged down and 65 were hit and destroyed...."

and ".....after 48 hours there were only 60 or 70 still operating...."

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On page 369 of Pete Hart's " The Great War " he says (Cambrai)

" three tank brigades (476 tanks) "

that is 476 taking part in the battle, I think?

Mike

Edit The LLT also says 476 tanks

Yes, 476 tanks as follows:

9 Bns each of 42 tanks (378)

54 supply tanks

32 sledge towing tanks

9 radio tanks

2 bridge laying tanks

1 cable laying tank

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Thanks Egbert once again superb. First time I have seen one of WW1 tanks up close. Mike

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  • 1 month later...

WOW! Thanks for posting this. I thought I might even see the wreck of Bandit II which my great uncle Frank Vans Agnew was in. No such luck - but what a piece of film!

Thanks again,

Jamie.

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Thanks Egbert.

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