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The stalemate on the Western Front prompted the British Army to begin research into a self-propelled vehicle which could cross trenches, crush barbed wire, and would be impervious to fire from machine-guns. The First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill sponsored the Landships Committee which created the first successful prototype tank, 'Little Willie' in September 1915.[1] The vehicles were colloquially referred to as water carriers, later shortened to tanks, to preserve secrecy and the name became official in December 1915.[2]

 

 

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