British Mark I Tank 1916 cover

Description

In 1915 a machine christened Little Willie changed the way that wars were fought. Little Willie was a fully tracked armoured vehicle that could break a trench system. Its development was completed in December 1915, but by then it had already been superseded by an improved design, Mother. This was the first rhomboid tank, and the prototype for the Mark 1 which would influence a whole generation of tank building. This book details the development of the Mark I, and its surprise arrival in France in the middle of 1916 during the closing weeks of the battles of the Somme.

Table of Contents

Introduction · Little Willie and Mother · The Mark I tank · Unit organisation and arrival in France · The intermediate tanks Mark II & III · Variants · Mark I tanks in Palestine · Tanks saved for preservation · Colour plate commentary

Product details

Published Jun 24 2004
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 48
ISBN 9781841766898
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 40 b/w; 8 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series New Vanguard
Short code NVG 100
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

David Fletcher

David Fletcher MBE was born in 1942. He has writte…

Illustrator

Tony Bryan

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