![]() ![]() The group was called officially called ‘The Special Vehicle Development Committee of the Ministry of Supply’ unofficially it was known as the TOG committee ( TOG: The Old Gang). In company with many others involved in tank design in 1916, including Sir William Tritton, Sir Eustace Tennyson D’Eyncourt, Sir Ernest Swinton and Walter Wilson, Stern was authorised by the War Office to design a heavy tank on First World War principles. Some believed that existing tanks would not be able to deal with such conditions, and one of the most influential was Sir Albert Stern, who had been secretary to the Landships Committee in the First World War. ![]() It was designed on the premise that World War II would evolve in the same way as the First World War. Weighing 80 tons the TOG II* is the heaviest tank in the Museum.
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