The First World War tank developed from the interest of some military officers in the marriage of tractors with caterpillar tracks as a means of crossing trench obstacles and breaking through barbed wire. ![]() Reinforcements of troops were available to blunt attacks or throw back Allied troops with rapid counterattacks.Mortars and artillery provided support to the front line infantry with firepower from the rear.Machine-gunners and riflemen protected the front lines.Barbed wire slowed or stopped infantry advances.Deep trenches and dug-outs protected against artillery. ![]() The riddle of the trenches was to find a way to overcome the power of the defender. ![]() The British turned to armoured vehicles as one way to cross No Man’s Land and break through the enemy trench system. Barbed wire and machine-guns stopped many Allied attacks with heavy casualties in 1915 and early 1916.
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