The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Ronssoy, France. 3 October 1918. View showing the distribution of land mines in the wire near Duncan Post, Ronssoy, which rendered useless many of the tanks assisting in the attack on this sector of the Hindenburg Main Line, on 29 September 1918. These `plum pudding' bombs formed part of a former British mine field. The tank in the foreground is a Mark V female, with 'H43' painted on the rear plating, '9288' on the rear side plating, and 'B22' painted forward of the left hand sponson. The tank in the background is a Mark V Male, with '4' painted on the left side forward of the sponson.
Two disabled Mark V Male tanks at Ronssoy, France. 29 September 1918. The left hand tank bears the number 9116. This tank, serving in A Company, 4th Battalion, under the command of 2nd Lt Boulton, w
Troops of the 3rd Division, moving forward, near Ronssoy, to relieve American troops operating in the Le Catelet sector. They are passing three British heavy tanks blown up by 'plum pudding' bombs set
A Mark V Male tank at Ronssoy, France. 30 September 1918. One of a number of tanks disabled by land mines in the fighting near Duncan Post, in the Ronssoy area.
A Mark V tank, No 09038, loaded with wooden bridging material and a ‘Crib’, a special contrivance for crossing trenches, stranded in a trench in the Hindenburg Line at Belley Wood near Villeret. Not
Three Heavy Tanks Mark V* passing through the outskirts of Ronssoy to participate in the storming of the Hindenburg Line. The tank first on the left is marked with the number 9888, which was part of
View of a damaged British Mark V Male tank with the numbers '9004' and 'B.4' painted on the side. The sponson is marked also with 'E1'. Underneath the marking B4 is painted a skull and cross bones. T
