Ebook: Pioneers of Australian armour: in the Great War
Author: Australia. Australian Army. Light Car Patrol 1st, Australia. Australian Army. Royal Australian Armoured Corps, Cecil Michael K, Finlayson David A
- Tags: Armored vehicles Military, Armored vehicles Military--Australia--History, Australia--Armed Forces--Equipment--History, Military participation--Australian, Tanks (Military science), Tanks (Military science)--Australia--History, World War 1939-1945--Participation Australian, History, Australia. -- Australian Army. -- Royal Australian Armoured Corps -- History, Australia. -- Australian Army. -- Light Car Patrol 1st -- History, Australia. -- Australian Army. -- Royal Australian Armoured Corps, Armored ve
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: Big Sky Publishing
- City: Australia
- Language: English
- epub
Pioneers of Australian Armour tells the story of the only Australian mechanised units of the Great War. The 1st Australian Armoured Car Section, later the 1st Australian Light Car Patrol, and the Special Tank Section were among the trailblazers of mechanisation and represented the cutting edge of technology on the Great War battlefield. The 1st Armoured Car Section was raised in Melbourne in 1916, the brainchild of a group of enthusiasts who financed, designed and then built two armoured cars. Having persuaded the Australian Army of the vehicles' utility in the desert campaign, the Armoured Car Section, later re-equipped with Model T Fords and retitled the 1st Australian Light Car Patrol, provided valuable service until well after the Armistice.The First World War also saw the emergence of the tank which, despite unpromising beginnings, was to realise its potential in the crucial 1918 battles of Hamel and Amiens. A British Mark IV tank which toured Australia in 1918...