Timeline photosInitially a Royal Navy project, the ‘Landship’ is attributed to Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty. The intent was to create what would now be called an armoured personnel carrier, capable of crossing barbed wire and no-man’s land to ferry troops to the enemy. When the War Office took over in summer 1915 they instead wanted an armed vehicle which could support infantry, with protection against counter-attacks thereafter. The first variant to see action was the Mark I, pictured here in our Trench Experience Exhibit. Watch our Tank Chat on it here: youtu.be/a8Jq5lagUOw
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