Little Willie - The world's first tank.

The Tank Museum's historian David Fletcher discusses Little Willie; the world's first tank. Little Willie is on display at The Tank Museum, Bovington, Dorset. www.tankmuseum.org

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[bombarderoazul]

First tank ever built? since the end of the cold war and with new research coming from russian historians, it can be argued that the first vehicle that could be called a tank, was the Vezdekhod, a small tracked vehicle with a crew of two, it was designed to have a turret, only one prototype was built and didn't go into production, but Vezdekhod appeared several months before little willie. Most records of this vehicle were lost during the russian civil war, but it appears this was the first tank

[whitedragon1204]

i wish they brought that tank back to life. its been a hundred years

[ROFLWAFFLEAUTHORITAH]

@freewill51 america did not end the war! i hate how people say that america single handedly ended the war, dont forget that pretty much every other country had to go through 2 world wars whereas america had only fought 5 years worth in both ww1 and ww2. i cant be arsed to write anymore so, FUCK YOU!

BITCH!

[sspecialairsservice]

i went to the museum he is at and it was awsome :)

[MrTheamazeman]

I just had to dislike it XD

[OVERKILLxxPro]

@clearlogicify Yeah but we were originally talking about who made something clarified as a 'tank', not about what you are saying. You are correct yes but not in the context of the discussion. P.S. I'm 18

[clearlogicify]

@OVERKILLxxPro An armored vehicle design (outside), was not the same as actually building a trench crosser/buster, that could deal with the mud and artillery scars of no man's land. Never mind the weapons and engine.

Learn the difference, and grow little boy.

[freewill51]

@TheAdamReeve It's called WAR. Japan attacked America and America ended the war and saved millions of lives. By 1945, our bombers were so numerous, we could have bombed Japan for 10 years. If you don't want to stand behind America, by all means, stand in front of it.

[Gogar88]

@Prod1Kh It was not technically Latvians, just Russians on the Latvian soil, because we were part of it. They released only one model called Bat but then saw it useless as it often happen with Russians. But they builded and tested in Riga, Latvia. But British actually made first tank that was usable so honor goes to them.

[Prod1Kh]

@Gogar88 And why did the Latvians start building a tank?