![]() ![]() Thus, ‘Little Willie’ was redundant almost as soon as it was built. The new design would become the first indigenously developed and produced combat tank since the close of World War 2 in 1945. 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. 993 15K views 2 years ago Matilda Concept British A look at the Britsh A7 series of experimental tanks. After many experiments and false starts an agricultural firm, William Foster & Co. Active Protection Systems While Active Protection Systems (APS) have been around since the Cold War, they were constrained to niche roles in the past. In 1915 the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, created a Landships Committee to tackle the problems of trench warfare. It proved that a vehicle encompassing armoured protection, an internal combustion engine, and tracks was a possibility for the battlefield. Little Willie was the first working tank in the world. Today’s video will take a look at the development of the T18 boarhound as well as other 8X8 vehicles that were designed for the British at the same time incl. ![]()
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