John Jenkins Designs
John Jenkins Designs The Great War British Gun Carrier Mark I w/ Howitzer GWB-10
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British Gun Carrier, Mark I, With 6-Inch Howitzer, 1st Gun-Carrier Company, Tank Corps,
6th August 1918, (9 pcs, 2 Boxes). The Gun Carrier Mark I was the first piece of self-propelled artillery ever to be produced.
During 1916 it became clear that in case of a breakthrough,
the very purpose of the first tank, the Mark I,
artillery would have great trouble following the advancing troops.
Any successful offensive would therefore be in danger of stalling immediately.
To solve this problem Major Gregg,
an engineer working for the main tank producing company Metropolitan,
Carriage, Wagon and Finance,
proposed to build special mechanised artillery,
using parts of the Mark I.
The production of a prototype was approved on 5 June 1916;
the actual design began in July.
The first prototype was ready to participate in the Tank Trials Day at Oldbury on 3 March 1917.
An order of fifty vehicles was given to Kitson & Co. in Leeds.
Deliveries to the army started in June and ended in July.
The vehicle bore little resemblance to the Mark I.
The tracks weren't tall but low, almost flat.
At the back a rectangular superstructure covered the Daimler 105 hp engine together with the transmission of the Mark I,
the latter now in a reversed position.
Sharing it were the vehicle commander,
a mechanic and two gearsmen.
The original double tail wheel of the Mark I,
intended to aid steering and attached to the rear of the vehicle,was retained.
The front was an open area with either a 60-pounder (5-inch) field gun or a 6-inch howitzer.
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