00:00 German soldiers on the western front in 1917 witnessed the introduction of tank warfare, with over 400 tanks heading their way and bullets bouncing off them.

02:10 The tank was first conceptualized by Leonardo da Vinci, but it wasn't until the invention of the continuous crawler track by Benjamin Holt in 1907 that the tank became a practical and functional vehicle.

03:55 Less than a month after the start of the war, the French military engineer, Colonel Jean Batif's Eugene Estienne, began thinking about creating something tank-like to counter the defensive trenches and fortifications of trench warfare, leading to the development of the first tank, the British Mark I, which saw limited success at the Battle of the Somme in 1916 but achieved a major breakthrough at the Battle of Cambry in 1917.

05:51 The real impact of tanks in World War I wasn't felt until the last few months of the conflict, and after the war, every country took notice of their effectiveness, leading to the rapid evolution and development of tanks as primary weapons in World War II.

07:30 Tank designs had to be mass produced, reliable, and easy to maintain, and the Battle of Kursk during World War II saw over 10,000 tanks on the battlefield, while the war also saw the first use of personal anti-tank weapons such as the rocket-propelled grenade and shaped charges became necessary to penetrate tank armor, leading to the development of composite armor and the use of depleted uranium in tank armor and anti-tank ammunition.

09:16 Reactive armor panels and advanced anti-tank weapons, such as guided missiles and tandem warheads, have made tanks vulnerable to infantry soldiers and ground attack aircraft, leading to the potential decline or significant change in the role of tanks in warfare.

11:03 Tanks are now considered too slow, fuel-consuming, and vulnerable to anti-tank weapons and aircraft, potentially marking the end of their dominance in warfare.