Charlie and others, here's a repost from the previous thread
Little Willie was officially first called 'The Lincoln No.1 Machine' and had modified Bullock track, because it used off the shelf parts in the design it only took something like 30 days to build. The track performed badly over rough ground and a new track was developed.
The photo shows the building of the machine at Fosters factory. Note that the mock turret is being fitted, the hand drill, and the portholes are not yet cut in the hull, why the Naval terms? This was a Naval project, a Landship. The Army liked their horses.
The photo is from Richard Pullen's book Landships of Lincoln.
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