THE TANK
By last mail a letter was received from a, member of the Field Ambulance in Tfoamesi who said: "A night or two -ago I had the privilege of. ntl ing in a tank. Great imwovemcnis have been made on the old models, later ones hairing more siting and pace. Like warships, I !fiink that the tanks will develop© along two lines, viz., speed and gun-carrying capacity. Can you ima.gine the noise in tihe confined space? Imagine the great motors, and tine noise of the little guns and madhiine-guns. Inside space cramped. You slip and elide up and down, and until you are a good..sailor, it has much the same effect as a sea voyage." Another Tihames soldier mentioning the tanks, says:—''These tanks are great. I have seen them chasing the' Huns at a great rate, about. 15 miles-an hour.'... Tfeey'play havoc with the enemy. I heard ojffipne okasing a German general down." in this last stunt,.;..and tihe account of it in the paper was very exciting;. 1*
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Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13819, 8 October 1918, Page 2
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169THE TANK Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13819, 8 October 1918, Page 2
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