Weighing 18 tons, with a crew of 2 plus four gunners Little Willie was the first completed tank prototype in HistoryIn 1915 the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, created a Landships ...

Tanks were first invented in World War I, where they were envisioned as invincible land ships that could break the stalemate of trench warfare and lead to victory. Technological shortcomings meant ...

The first tank they made was 'Little Willie' (named after Tritton) which was 37 days in the making and was tested in September 1915. It was a simple box with caterpillar tracks. These often came ...