Little Willie at the Tank Museum, Bovington (2006)
Type
Prototype tank
Place of origin
United Kingdom
Service history
In service
N/A
Production history
Designed
July 1915
Manufacturer
Fosters of Lincoln
Produced
August–September 1915
No. built
1
Specifications
Mass
16.5 tonnes (16.2 long tons; 18.2 short tons)
Length
19 ft 3 in (5.87 m)
26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) inc. rear steering wheels
Width
9 ft 5 in (2.87 m)
Height
8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) to top of hull
10 ft 2 in (3.10 m) to top of turret
Crew
(Projected) 6
Main armament
(Projected) Vickers 2-pounder (40 mm) gun
Secondary armament
(Projected) Various suggestions of Maxim, Hotchkiss, Lewis, or Madsen machine guns
Engine
Foster-Daimler Knight sleeve valve petrol 105 hp (78 kW)
Power/weight
6 hp/tonne (4.5 kW/tonne)
Transmission
Two-speed forwards, one reverse final drive by Renolds chains
Suspension
Unsprung
Maximum speed
2 mph (3.2 km/h)
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