Royal tank regiment - A pictorial history

Tanks were first used in small numbers on the Somme in 1916.

However, it was not until the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917 that they showed their true potential. Since those early days the tank greatly improved its firepower, protection and mobility, to become the main arm of decision in the land battle during World War II. It is still 'Queen of the Battlefield', taking its undisputed place at the head of the all arms team. Nowhere are tanks more expertly handled than inthe British Army, by the men of the Royal Tank Regiment, whose forebears fought and died manning the very first tanks.

In this evocative book, crammed with photographs, many from private collections, George Forty, the present Director and Curator of the world famous Tank Museum at Bovington Camp, 'home of the tanks', charts the progress of the Royal Tank Regiment's first seventy years of history, from 1916 to 1986