Photo of the Day: Scientific American 1916 tank drawing

This rather fanciful drawing comes from the October 7 1916 issues of Scientific American and shows a depiction of the new “tank” that had just seen combat on the Western front.  Obviously, the artist had limited information regarding the appearance of the first tanks.

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