Talk:Tanks in the British Army

Orphaned references in Tanks in the British Army

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Tanks in the British Army's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "tucker":

• From History of the tank: Tucker, Spencer (2005). World War I: Encyclopedia. Priscilla Mary Roberts. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 1851094202.
• From Cruiser Mk III: Tucker, Spencer (2004). Tanks: An Illustrated History of Their Impact. ABC-CLIO. pp. 49–51. ISBN 1576079953. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• From Matilda II: Tucker-Jones, Anthony (2007). Hitler's Great Panzer Heist. Pen and Sword Military. ISBN 184415548X.
• From Tanks in the German Army: Tucker, Spencer (2004). Tanks: An Illustrated History of Their Impact. ABC-CLIO. pp. 24–25. ISBN 1576079953. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 20:26, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Major Glasfurd?

"In June 1914, Major Glasfurd, who was fighting in France, proposed an idea for a pedrail machine which could attack enemy lines."

The War didn't start until August, 1914, so I don't know who he was fighting.

Secondly: Ernest Swinton refers to Alexander Inglis Robertson Glasfurd (1870-1928), of the Indian Army (as opposed to Duncan John Glasfurd (1873-1916). I don't know whether either of these officers could have been in a position to make recommendations to Swinton. He might be mistaken. Am looking into it. Hengistmate (talk) 17:50, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

WW2 Section needs Major Reworking

Seems to be a spactacular mess with much repetition. Desperately needs sorting out, but I lack expertise 212.159.44.170 (talk) 16:49, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

British Tank recon behind enemy lines in Italy

Hi everyone!!! I was wondering if anyone was interested in finding some info on the usage of tanks in italy by the British as infiltration units. My Grandfather was a veteran tanker during WWII, and his military records contain a section detailing tank crews behind enemy lines. I'm not sure which sort of tank he had, but I think that such operations would make a interesting addition to the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Crazy Minh (talk • contribs) 22:11, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Renaming

I propose renaming this article to "History of tanks in the British Army". It covers only the history, not the current status of tanks in the army. Absolutelypuremilk (talk) 13:14, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Churchill AVRE

I noted the recent edits by the anon editor and watched the video that was linked, which supports the claim made in the edit. If it helps, there are a couple of published sources that also make this point (29mm spigot and a 230mm gun):

• Michael J. Daniels, Innovation In The Face Of Adversity: Major-General Sir Percy Hobart And The 79th Armoured Division (British). Unknown page number, but can be searched on Google Books here. Also, in his Masters thesis
• The Bulletin, somewhere between Volume 33, Issue 129 - Volume 37, Issue 148 on page 106.EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 09:21, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

Dated 2003 and 1982 respectively. GraemeLeggett (talk) 11:01, 8 July 2022 (UTC)