how did the tank affect the outcome of WWI?

Question

How did the tank help end the war. THanks

Answer 1

The tanks, even as primitive as they were, allowed the soldiers to roll over the barbed wire and even the trenches in some cases.
Their use hastened the end of that horrific, murderous war.
Thank God...

Answer 2

It didn't. It came a little too late (towards the end of the conflict), plus it wasn't very advanced at the time. It used too much fuel and wasn't very reliable.
Much of the War was fought with horses providing troop transport and logistics (cavalry was outmoded as rifles became far more accurate and deadly by the early 1900's).

What really ended WWI was the American involvement, along with the world wide influenza epidemic.
The tank did, to a great extent, end "trench" warfare. If Britain introduced the tank a few years earlier, the Allies would've won far sooner - and probably casualities would've been fewer for everyone.

Answer 3

The potentials of tank warfare were seen by some in WW I. but it had no decisive effect on the battlefield due to the difficulties of learning how best to use this weapon.
The Germans were terrified at first, until they realized its weakness and vulnerabilities. Germany never deployed tanks.
Tanks were introduced to battlefields torn by massive artillery fire and marked by multiple entrenched positions. Hence their mobility was greatly compromised by mud and shell holes. The mechanics weren't good, the firepower and visibility lacking, and their operation an extreme hardship on the troops.
They were used most effectively to smash through entrenched positions behind barbed wire barriers when and if the terrain allowed, Artillery was never a good tool for the task. Tanks also served as mobile pill boxes, both t o anchor positions, and to assault German positions.
The Germans became the closest students of tanks and developed their battlefield use to the maximum in their concept of 'blitzkrieg" or lightening warin WW II
Germany corrected the major British mistakes by concentrating tanks into larger units, accompanying tanks with specially trained infrantry, and with air cover for reconnaisance and fire support. The tank force became a spear rather than the blunt hammer it had been used for.












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Answer 4

It main effect was to terrify the Germans but, although it could break down barbed wire and cross small trench systems, it wasn't very effective being able only to go at walking pace.
This made it very vulnerable to artillery and the casualty rates for the tank corp were quite high.
Conditions inside were unbearable because of the heat and noise so it took tank crews 36 hours to recover from each day in a tank

Answer 5

Agree that the tank did not contribute significantly to Allied victory. America did.
However we need to understand the context wherein American involvement was decisive. It was no so much in the actual battles fought and won by American troops, than the potentially unlimited manpower and resources yet to be deployed, which pressured the Germans to launch their spring 1918 offensive, hoping to knock the British out of the war and negotiate peace terms with France and America from a much stronger position. The initial assault - using the first "storm-troopers" - achieved impressive results, but over-extended itself (much the German story of the next war too), and so depleted the German army that the next round of Allied offensives finally pushed the German lines back far enough to impel them to agree to an armistice. Still, this was hardly the great strategic breakthrough and rout that intelligent use of tanks in suitable terrain could have made possible.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

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