It was during this action that Captain William James Baxter earned the Military Cross. Given their size lack of hardened armour plate lack of maneuverability their utilization in the battlefield generally was not very successful. 33 tonne tank carried a crew of 18 with 6 machine guns and 1 5.7 cm cannon were built in very small numbers and saw limited tactical use. The German Army had adapted their interpretation the British innovation of the tank into the large, lumbering A7V. This action has the significance of being the last action in World War 1 were the Germans used the A7V tank. On Octothe 18 th Battalion was involved in an operation where they were able to repulse 3 German tanks. Iwuy is a small commune in France, South East of Vimy and North East of Cambria. Apparently captured by New Zealand forces in the Iwuy area during the action of October 11, 1918.
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