The completed vehicle was running by the end of 1915 but by then a new design was under construction and this would become the prototype for all British heavy tanks in the First World War.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. THE world’s first tank, which has been missing for nearly a hundred years, is believed to have been buried at the site where it disappeared.

The completed vehicle was running by the end of 1915 but by then a new design was under construction and this would become the prototype for all British heavy tanks in the First World War.