Tanks, 1914-1918; the log-book of a pioneer . TANKS OUT OF ACTION. (/>. 795) Photos, by E. Northev, I II I I < OLONEL | \ DR UN, U p. 197) Photn : Marion N i THE WAR OFFICE GETS ITS WAY 177 the , Tanks in France, giving his views onwhat the Department was doing for him :— You deserve a bar to your ; and, seriously,we are extremely obliged to all of you for your veryprompt action. Now we are very anxiously depending on you tosolve two main conundrums which confront us :— (a) A device to get the Mark IV. and Mark V. Tanks over a wide trench, and (b) Some very simple d
Tanks, 1914-1918; the log-book of a pioneer . TANKS OUT OF ACTION. (/>. 795) Photos, by E. Northev, I II I I < OLONEL | \ DR UN, U p. 197) Photn : Marion N i THE WAR OFFICE GETS ITS WAY 177 the , Tanks in France, giving his views onwhat the Department was doing for him :— You deserve a bar to your ; and, seriously,we are extremely obliged to all of you for your veryprompt action. Now we are very anxiously depending on you tosolve two main conundrums which confront us :— (a) A device to get the Mark IV. and Mark V. Tanks over a wide trench, and (b) Some very simple dodge by which we may be able to put on the unditching gear fromthe inside of the Tank. We are trying a hook which is placed on a ring fixedeither to a spud or to a track link between two woodenspuds. This hook is put on by hand through the aper-ture in the manhole, which we have enlarged to thebreadth of the machine for the purpose. The weather has been ghastly lately, and the battleconditions are very trying, with all this rain and wet. The whole trouble with the War Office was thatI had pressed fo
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