Leonardo Da Vinci had some ideas of an armoured vehicle, although i'm pretty sure it doesn't qualify as a tank in the modern sense. it's still interesting though
I believe that Orson Wells (or some other SF writer) predicted the tank in the early 1900s, and called them land cruisers. Whether or not that influenced the desingers of the tank, I know not.
This was the first tank produced in some numbers. I'll give you a clue: It came out in 1915. It was this tank that lead up to the land crusiers.
Ah, Johann, it was the Little Willie or also refered to the Lincoln tank. I never said it had to be mass-produced. [/quote]
it was build around the Boydell tractor and those pices of wood in the wheel is to spred more evenly the pressure of the vehicle, other wise it will sink in the soft ground
Haven't we seen this before? Probably in the unusual tank designs topic. Here it is: http://www.fun-online.sk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=160
I have seen somewhere a picture of a 'land cruiser' built in 1910 (or thereabouts) which was basically a big metal bathtub with lots of mg's mounted on the edges. The picture shows it in a parade, full of men in top hats! I'll try and get some more info for you...