The Landships Committee included two other naval officers alongside its chairman, and naval firms contributed as consultants. The group grew as more people became involved in developing the tank. With so many contributors, the invention cannot be assigned to a single person. Churchill's particular importance lay in sponsorship: no more senior or influential minister was as engaged in supporting its creation.
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Many inventors, one senior backer
The tank had many technical contributors, while Churchill supplied unusually senior political support.