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British Mark II tank, 'C21', Arras, 1917

Photograph, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1917.

Mark II tank of 'C' Battalion, Tank Corps moving forward during the Battle of Arras. The tank, armed with two 6 pounder guns is carrying tools and beams to assist with un-ditching. Over 50 Mark IIs took part in the Battle of Arras and several were knocked out by German gunners firing armour-piercing machine gun ammunition.

From an album of 24 photographs.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1995-03-84-23

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1995-03-84-23