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Title
 First Tank On Tank Deluxe
Description
What if 2nd Lieutenant Franck Mitchell, commander of Mark TV tank A1 (4086) while ordering his gunner and machine gunners to better target “Nixe” spotted a new threat: A7Vs "Siegfried” (525) and “Schnuck” (504)…? What if “X” Company's Whippets (formed …
Publisher
Date
1918-04-24
Scenario#
27
Scenario Description
What if 2nd Lieutenant Franck Mitchell, commander of Mark TV tank A1 (4086) while ordering his gunner and machine gunners to better target “Nixe” spotted a new threat: A7Vs "Siegfried” (525) and “Schnuck” (504)…? What if “X” Company's Whippets (formed from the Tank Corps' C Company, 3rd Battalion, as an emergency formation for the defence of Amiens) lost their way en route to pre-empt the anticipated German attack on the Cachy switch and entered the behemoth's battle...?
Location
Villers-Bretonneux, France
Battle Narrative
The Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux took place from 24 to 27 April 1918, during the German Spring Offensive to the east of Amiens. It is notable for being the first occasion on which tanks fought against each other; it was the biggest and most successful tank action of the German army in the First World War.
Narrative Source
Combatants
German
British

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