Britain Invented the Tank. The Factory That Built Its Last One Is Now a Housing Estate — and Challenger 3 Is What Rebuilding a Lost Industry Looks Like
In 1916, an agricultural works in Lincoln built the first tanks in history and sent them to the Somme. In 2002, Britain delivered the last new tank it ever made, and the factory that built it was…
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