Wargaming commemorated the 100th anniversary of tank warfare with a host of online and offline festivities. The main celebration took place in the homeland of the first combat tank, Great Britain, where it attracted hundreds of people.

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On September 15, exactly a century after the first tank battle in history, Wargaming together with The Tank Museum, Bovington, brought the full-sized replica of a Mark IV to the heart of London. The crowd watched in amazement as a younger sibling of the very first combat tank crawled through Trafalgar Square to take its position at Horse Guards Parade.

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Along with this massive offline event, Wargaming also launched a series of in-game modes and events featuring the famed Mark I. In World of Tanks, the Convoy event, with an AI-controlled Mark I, has two teams controlling Lanchester Armored Cars. One team is protecting the iconic vehicle as it moves across a World War I battlefield, “The Somme,” while the other is trying to destroy it. Those who favour console battles can get a true hands-on experience with the Mark I in Trench Warfare mode. Finally, the World of Tanks Blitz community can get behind the wheel of a modified Mark I and put it to the test in furious 7-vs-7 combat.

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Watch a Mark IV driving through streets of London in a special video report:

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