![]() Thus, ‘Little Willie’ was redundant almost as soon as it was built. This would become the classic British tank design of the Great War. Its designers, William Tritton and Walter Wilson came up with a set of workable tracks which were fitted to the ‘Landship’ now known as ‘Little Willie,’ said to be an irreverent nickname for the German Crown Prince, Kaiser Wilhelm.īy the time ‘Little Willie’ was built, Wilson and Tritton had already come up with an improved idea of a machine with tracks running all the way around the vehicle, which would be able to cross trenches. of Lincoln, was contracted to build a prototype machine. ISBN: 9781465457592 Size: 301 x 250 mm Pages: 256 Published: About Tank A visual history of armored vehicles, from the early tanks of World War I to present-day models, created in association with the Smithsonian Institution. After many experiments and false starts an agricultural firm, William Foster & Co. In 1915 the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, created a Landships Committee to tackle the problems of trench warfare. More Buying Choices 10.24 (31 used & new offers) Goodreads Choice Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II by Adam Makos, Johnathan McClain, et al. ![]() It proved that a vehicle encompassing armoured protection, an internal combustion engine, and tracks was a possibility for the battlefield. Books shelved as military-tanks: Panzer Battles: A Study of the Employment of Armor in the Second World War by F.W. Hardcover 2999 FREE delivery Sat, Jul 15 Or fastest delivery Fri, Jul 14 Only 18 left in stock (more on the way). Little Willie was the first working tank in the world. This thing originated somewhere in the Soviet Union.Unfortunately, the website doesnt describe when this thing was designed. ![]()
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