The Boirault No.1, a massive 1917 anti-barbed-wire war machine. Designed to crush enemy defenses and plow through barbed wire, it looked like a mechanical monster straight out of a sci-fi film… but it never saw real success. Why? It was slow, unstable, and difficult to control, and the rapidly evolving tank designs of WWI quickly made it obsolete. #History #WWI #BoiraultMachine #VintageMachinery | VibrantHistory