Editing Continuous track (section)

=== Military application ===
Continuous track was first applied to a military vehicle on the British prototype tank [[Little Willie]]. British Army officers, Colonel [[Ernest Swinton]] and Colonel [[Maurice Hankey]], became convinced that it was possible to develop a fighting vehicle that could provide protection from machine gun fire.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://spartacus-educational.com/FWWwillie.htm |title=Little Willie Tank |first=John |last=Simkin |publisher=Spartacus Educational |location=UK |access-date=2016-11-08 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109021734/http://spartacus-educational.com/FWWwillie.htm |archive-date=2016-11-09 }}</ref>

During [[World War I]], Holt tractors were used by the British and Austro-Hungarian armies to tow heavy artillery and stimulated the development of [[tank]]s in several countries. The first tanks to go into action, the [[British heavy tanks of World War I|Mark I]], built by Great Britain, were designed from scratch and were inspired by, but not directly based on, the Holt. The slightly later French and German tanks were built on modified Holt running gear.