Beacon Voice News
Welcome to The Beacon Voice News from Journalism and The Media class!
The following are interview articles that students have been working on for the past few weeks. Enjoy!
The following are interview articles that students have been working on for the past few weeks. Enjoy!
TANK: Code Name for Victory
A.C.
Finally 100 years old. A key part in 18th century war. The Tank. They were vital during the world wars. They were used in many ways. First as a defence line breaker in WWI. In WWII they were used as primary offence and defence using advanced tactics.
The first tanks were sponsored by Winston Churchill who put a royal navy crew in charge of developing a top secret program. The first prototype was named Little Willie (also known as Big Willie). It could go 2 miles per hour on rough terrain. They refined the prototype and came out with the first field tank, the Mark 1 in 1916, they were first used on September 15th that same year.
It's codename “Tank” was given because the armor looked just like a water carrier or “tank”. It was assigned in 1915 and was meant to disguise the project from enemies getting interested and trying to spy.
There are a few things most tanks need:
Caterpillar tracks
Internal combustion engine M26 Pershing Heavy
Hull tank with a 90mm
Turret main cannon
Armor
Guns
There are some exceptions like some tank destroyers which commonly used a mass produced hull but with a bigger gun mounted and without a turret. Some self propelled guns which are meant to be very long indirect range don’t need to be maneuverable also don’t have a turrets.
The ISU-152 With a
152 mm main cannon And
no turret mounted on A
mass produced IS Heavy
Tank hull
The early versions of a tank used the same way to move as a modern tank, Caterpillar tracks. They are basically a conveyer belt for pushing the tank forward. The engine moves one or more sprockets to move the tracks. The tracks are made from up to hundreds of steel links. Early tanks weren’t very useful because of the engine. The steam engines were not efficient for their weight and were unreliable. Modern combustion engines are efficient and powerful.
Tank treads from the German 
Tiger I one of the most
Famous tanks from WWII
The conditions the crew lived in all depended on the location their tank was deployed in.
Life was tough all day it was hot and in the night it was freezing cold coffee was an “elixir” and with no showers or proper bathrooms. They had little food and little liquids in the African Desert.
American M3 lee in African desert
1941-1942 was one of the coldest winters in Russia. When tankers tried to invade, temperatures got to -32 degrees Fahrenheit. The temperature even went down to -63 degrees Fahrenheit- low enough to get frostbite even inside a large steel tank. 
German Panzer IV With the short
75mm main cannon
The Tank’s history is very complex, including the ways they’ve been used. Tanks are now 100 years old and are wearing with age. The only way to protect them is to keep improving the technology.
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