![]() ![]() ![]() At any rate, the full designation was "His Majesty's Landship, Tank Mk I". Some also knew it as "Big Willie" in reference to its relationship to the preceding design. While the Little Willie was largely a prototype in nature, a succeeding design was already under construction by late September of 1916.The design came to be initially known as the "Centipede" though "Mother" became closely associated with the type's existence later on. The Little Willie showed that a track-laying armored vehicle could effectively be utilized on a larger scale through a more refined design. Early work began under the leadership of the British Admiralty and Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill to produce the limited but evolutionary "Little Willie" landship of 1915. ![]() The British were pioneers in the field of armored warfare during World War 1 - producing the world's first practical combat tanks in 1916. ![]()
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