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Here we see Little Willie, the first tank prototype to be completed, from the right. Although it doesn't look much like the more famous rhomboid British tanks of the First World War, the main hull was actually very similar to the one used on the Mark I Tank, but without the massive track frames on either side that gave the later tanks their shape.
Picture from the author's collection. The tank is in the collection of the very impressive Bovington Tank Museum
British Battle Tanks - World War I to 1939, David Fletcher.
An excellent history of British tanks from the earliest developments, through the battles of the First World War and on into the post-war period. Strongest on the First World War tanks, which fill the first three quarters of the book, helping to explain the problems faced by the developers, how they coped with the problems of the battlefield and how the design was improved in the light of experience, making it clear that the tanks of 1918 were actually very different from the tanks of 1916, despite looking very similar [read full review]
