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SPONSONS
Sponsons were built separately from tanks, not necessarily by the company that built the actual tanks.
THE BOMBPROOF ROOF
This framework of wood and wire-netting (chicken wire the Americans call it) was devised as a means to prevent enemy stick grenades from lodging on the roof of the tank.
BBC WORLD WAR ONE UNCUT – TANKS
Historian Dan Snow presents this bite size history of the tank in the First World War, filmed on location at The Tank Museum.
THE HENRIQUES RING
One object, The Henriques Ring, now on display in the new Tank Men exhibition offers a fascinating and very personal link to the first tank attack in history.
IN THE COLLECTION: LITTLE WILLIE
In 1915 the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, created a Landships Committee to tackle the problems of trench warfare.
TANK MEN: THE STORY OF THE FIRST CREWS
The Tank Museum is marking the centenary year of the first tank attack in history with a new exhibition titled `TANK MEN` focussing on pioneering tank soldiers.
DAVID FLETCHER – LITTLE WILLIE
While it is undoubtedly the oldest surviving tank in the world Little Willie was only ever a prototype, it was the only one of its kind ever built.
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