Tanks are used in combat for the first time during the Battle of the Somme - September 15th, 1916 - a podcast by iHeartRadio & HowStuffWorks

On this day in 1916, the first tanks were deployed at Flers-Courcelette during the Battle of the Somme in France. 

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