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On September 6, 1915, a prototype tank nicknamed Little Willie rolls off the assembly line in England. Little Willie was far from an overnight success. It weighed 14 tons, got stuck in trenches and crawled over rough terrain at only two miles per hour. However, improvements were made to the original prototype and tanks eventually transformed military battlefields.
On September 6, 1915, a prototype tank nicknamed Little Willie rolls off the assembly line in England. Little Willie was far from an overnight success. It weighed 14 tons, got stuck in trenches and crawled over rough terrain at only two miles per hour. However, improvements were made to the original prototype and tanks eventually transformed military battlefields.
First tank produced
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SPC Gary C.
LTC Trent Klug - Reforger 81 my unit 2/48 inf. carried something like this on the sides of our M-113's. We had bundles of 3 or 4 inch PVC pipes. They were long enough that they ran the length of the APC on the drivers side. We only used them once, we pulled up parallel to the tank trap and cut them loose. After the whole company dumped them in we were able to cross with no problem. There was some bounce going over them. IIRC after everyone was across most of the pipes were broken and couldn't be used again.
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At first this tank was not a finished product
It involved continuous improvement.Quiters never win and winners never quit. This Is the teaching moment
here.
It involved continuous improvement.Quiters never win and winners never quit. This Is the teaching moment
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