Gun Carrier Mk.1
The Gun Carrier was suggested as a companion machine to the Mark I Tank, to carry forward medium artillery and ammunition over shell-torn ground covered with old and new trench systems. It was apparent by mid-1916 that offensives on both sides (and notably the German attack at Verdun in February July 1916) soon lost their drive through the difficulty of bringing up artillery to maintain support.
The idea of a gun-carrying tank was put forward by Major J.R. Greg of the Metropolitan Carriage, Wagon and Finance Co., who were the builders of the greater proportion of Tanks Mark I produced. Design commenced in July 1916 and the prototype, built by the Metropolitan Carriage, Wagon and Finance Co., was running at the beginning of 1917.
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