Издание: Митчель Ф. Танки на войне. История развития танков в мировой войне 1914-1918 гг. — М.: Госвоениздат, 1935.

Оригинал: Mitchell F. Tank Warfare. The Story of the Tanks in the Great War. — London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1930.

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Аннотация издательства: Описывая ход постепенного развития техники танкового дела в Англии и Франции, автор настоящей книги излагает происходившую параллельно с этим эволюцию приемов боевого использования танков, а в заключение знакомит читателя с современными достижениями в области технического совершенствования танков и намечает роль этого рода войск в будущей войне. Книга содержит много интересных сведений не только для военных, но и для гражданских читателей. Перевод сокращен за счет подробного описания некоторых эпизодов, представляющих интерес главным образом для английских читателей.

About author: Mitchell was 19 years old when war broke out in August 1914. He enlisted in the Army Ordnance Corps, and whilst in training at Aldershot was promoted to Corporal. Later he was posted to the 21st Division and in the summer of 1915 was appointed Sub-Conductor, a warrant officer rank, to the 63rd Brigade. The Division moved to France in August 1915 and took part in the battle of Loos in September. Mitchell remained with the A.O.C. until February 1917 when he was commissioned a 1st Lieutenant in the First Tank Battalion throughout the Ypres and Cambrai battles of 1917, the German offensive of March 1918 and the Allied advance to victory It was during a German attack at Cachy, on 24 April 1918, that Mitchell's tank came face to face with a German tank. This day was notable in military history as the first time British and German tanks had met in battle. Mitchell engaged and destroyed his opposite number, and drove away two others. The author had the advantages of first hand experience and informed hindsight when he wrote «Tank Warfare» in 1930. As a tank commander he fought the first tank versus tank «duel» in 1918; the official citation for his immediate award of the Military Cross stated that; «As a result of his skillful handling of his tank and his control of fire, he was able to register five direct hits on the enemy tank and put it out of action.» This exciting incident, and many others, are ably narrated in Mitchell's well balanced blend of technical information, operational history and personal experience. Mitchell investigates the origins of tanks, the development of the machinery and the concept. He goes on to describe all the tank battles of the war, which included, the Somme, Arras, Ypres and Cambrai. Many daring exploits are related, but Mitchell also devotes space to less publicised activities; training at home, the depot, thrills of the first tank ride, etc.

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