The first proposal for a tank was by the Austrian Oberleutenant Günther Burstyn who, in 1911, proposed a design for " motor artillery " ( Motorengeschütz ) with a turret, but his design never progressed beyond a German patent in 1912.

The first tank versus tank action took place on 24 April 1918 at Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, when three British Mark IVs met an advance of three German A7Vs, supported by infantry.

The desire to create air portable armoured vehicles that can still take on conventional MBTs has usually resulted ATGM armed light vehicles or in protected / armoured / mobile gun system style vehicles in which a lack of armour protection being in part offset by the provision of a first look / first hit / first kill capability through the mating of a powerful gun to superior targeting electronics, a concept similar in operation to that of the US tank destroyers of WWII.

The first German tank destroyers were the Panzerjäger (" tank hunters ") which took an existing anti-tank gun and mounted it on a convenient chassis to give mobility, usually with just a three-sided gun shield for protection.

To reduce dirt and bad tastes, systems use a metal collecting-roof and a " roof cleaner " tank that diverts the first 40 liters.

In their first major use at the Battle of Cambrai ( 1917 ), the plan was for a cavalry division to follow behind the tanks, however they were not able to cross a canal because a tank had broken the only bridge.

He trained tank crews at " Camp Colt "— his first command — at the site of " Pickett's Charge " on the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Civil War battleground.

As the first tank rolled forward onto the ramp, its weight would tilt the forward end of the ramp into the water and push it down onto the seabed.

The orbiter was lifted up on a sling very similar to the one used at Kennedy Space Center and placed inside the Dynamic Test Stand building, and there mated to the Vertical Mate Ground Vibration Test tank ( VMGVT-ET ), which in turn was attached to a set of inert Solid Rocket Boosters ( SRB ) to form a complete shuttle launch stack, and marked the first time in the program's history that all Space Shuttle elements, an Orbiter, an External Tank ( ET ), and two SRBs, were mated together.

It was based on the first tank, the British Mark I and carried a heavy field gun.

He invented the world's first water-powered armillary sphere, to represent astronomical observation ; improved the inflow water clock by adding another tank ; and invented the world's first seismometer, which discerned the cardinal direction of an earthquake away.

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* September 6 – The first prototype tank is tested for the British Army for the first time.

IDEAS is Malaysia's first policy oriented classical liberal think tank.

The first American think tank was the Brookings Institution, founded in 1916 as the Institute for Government Research ( IGR ), with the mission of becoming " the first private organization devoted to analyzing public policy issues at the national level.

Although Nuvolari started 1938 as an Alfa Romeo driver, a split fuel tank in the first race of the season at Pau was enough for him to walk out on the team, critical of the poor workmanship that was exhibited.

With the increase in average tank armor thickness since the first ER weapons were fielded, tank armor protection approaches the level where tank crews are now almost completely protected from radiation effects.

Hansen will engage in his first workout at Miami Stadium prior to the opening tomorrow night of a two-game weekend series with the New York Yankees.

However, the need to engage targets at night, in depth or hit the target with the first rounds quickly led to predicted fire being developed in World War I.

The convention in naval warfare of the time was that ships of the line did not attack frigates when there were ships of equal size to engage, but in firing first French Captain Claude-Jean Martin had negated the rule and Saumarez waited until the frigate was at close range before replying.

Under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor, a military column, commanded by Colonel Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, and including two battalions of Sara troops, moved north from N ' Djamena ( then Fort Lamy ) to engage Axis forces in Libya, where, in partnership with the British Army's Long Range Desert Group, they captured Kufra.

Inside the hollow disc-shaped housing were two or three freely-floating pawls arranged so that when the clutch was tripped, the load torque on the first pawl to engage created force to keep the second pawl engaged, which in turn kept the third one engaged.

HyperScope is perceived as the first step of a process designed to engage a wider community in a dialogue, on development of collaborative software and services, based on Engelbart's goals and research.

* 1864 – American Civil War: The becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the.

Most of Carías's first term in office was devoted to efforts to avoid financial collapse, improve the military, engage in a limited program of road building, and lay the foundations for prolonging his own hold on power.

He argued that genetic classification is methodologically prior to comparative reconstruction, or the first stage of it: you cannot engage in the comparative reconstruction of languages until you know which languages to compare ( 1957: 44 ).

He was the only major phenomenologist of the first half of the twentieth century to engage extensively with the sciences and especially with descriptive psychology.

In 1060 Pisa had to engage in their first battle with Genoa.

Initially, the Rotarran's crew were beaten and fatalistic, a fact that was made worse by Martok's apparent reluctance to engage Jem ' Hadar forces on their first mission.

The Champion was overpowered by the Silver Surfer, suffering his first known defeat in combat ( however it is notable the Surfer used the Power Cosmic to blast the Champion rather than engage him physically ).

Napoleon first sent his reserve corps ( under General Lobau ) and then some elements of his Guard to engage and delay these Prussians, while maintaining his front line: these clashes in and around the village of Plancenoit were crucial to the battle.

Brands, the world ’ s largest restaurant company, to launch the first annual World Hunger Relief Week, a global campaign to increase awareness about hunger, engage volunteers, and raise critically needed funds to help WFP serve the world's areas of greatest need.

He is credited as being the first TV producer (" showrunner " in Hollywood parlance ) to directly engage with fans on the Internet, and allow their viewpoints to influence the look and feel of his show.

This gun was emplaced in a position that would have allowed it to engage the Chinook helicopters bringing in the first wave of U. S. troops which would have been disastrous to the operation.

Qin state first sent a military expedition into central China in 672 BC, though it did not engage in any serious incursions due to the threat from neighbouring tribesmen.

He cited studies that showed that people were more likely to engage in dangerous deviant behavior, such as drug taking, if someone else had set the example first.

The Portuguese were the first to engage in the New World slave trade, and others soon followed.

Protmann's first rule stated: " Do not flee from the world, but instead confront, engage and embrace it, constantly.

At first, the Russian naval forces remained inactive and did not engage the Japanese, who staged unopposed landings in Korea.

At first, she totally ignored Foujita's efforts to engage her in conversation.

It was the first US Navy vessel to put to sea and the first US Navy vessel to engage, defeat, and capture an enemy vessel.