In July 1915, a prototype for the tank was developed, which took the body of an armored car and slapped it on top of a Killen-Strait agricultural tractor.

The vehicle credited with being the world's first military tank has been recognised with an engineering award. The 18-tonne Little Willie prototype tank, built in 1915, received the heritage award ...

The world's first tank, known as Little Willie, is marking its 100th birthday at a museum ceremony. The 18-tonne prototype was built in 1915 to break the stalemate of trench warfare. However ...

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 ...

It was dubbed "Little Willie" and is today the oldest surviving individual tank in the world. It is housed at The Tank Museum in Bovington. Little Willie was truly a precursor of the tanks to come.

Before big tanks came the iconic 18-ton Little Willie in 1915. Necessity was the driving force for Willie and the experimental tractor-car mash-ups that preceded it.

THE world's first tank, Little Willie, will be celebrating its 100th birthday at Bovington 's Tank Museum during September.

The first completed tank prototype Little Willie rolled out of production on this day. Weighing only 16.5 tonnes and measuring 26 feet and six inches, it was different from the tanks we see today ...

THESE iconic tanks put firepower into the British military – but there are fears they could be scrapped to make way for a new age of battle. Defence chiefs are planning to dump Army tanks in … ...

The world's first tank, known as Little Willie, is marking its 100th birthday.