Designed by a company that had never built a tank before with the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, looking over their shoulders and plagued by mechanical teething troubles, the Churchill tank had unpromising beginnings.

Despite this, it became one of the most successful British tanks of WW II: heavily armoured, not fast but with superb climbing ability, the Churchill served not only as a gun tank but the basis many of the specialised vehicles that helped the British and Canadian Armies ashore on D Day.

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00:00 | Intro
01:20 | History What was needed?
03:38 | Design, Weaponry and Armour
08:44 | Upgunned and Upgraded
13:59 | A Look Inside
17:51 | Combat Performance
20:23 | Multiuse Platform
23:10 | Conclusion

This video features archive footage courtesy of British Pathé.

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