While I was doing some research in the US National Archives’ catalogue, for footage of the Ford M1918 Light Tank, I came across this snippet of film. As we saw in our earlier video on the M1918 the tank struggled to deal with some terrain. In this video we see that at one point the prototype 3-ton tank managed to flip over completely! Which begs the question, how many men does it take to flip a tank?
Any guesses?
….The answer appears to be around 20! The tank was relatively light, weighing in at 3 tons, but I still don’t think think I would have been one of them men pulling the tank’s track towards them!
If you’d like to know more about the Ford M1918 Light Tank you can find our full video and article on its history here.
Sources:
Original footage found here: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7419865
Music: New York Blues – Pietro Frosini (1917) https://www.loc.gov/item/varsrs.e50454/
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