The Mark I's quick-firing six-pounders came from naval stocks. Army assistance is described as unhelpful, so the Royal Navy offered guns it could supply. Ship guns gave the term landship a literal armament connection. Armour and movement across the Western Front's mud extend the naval comparison, with the mud likened to an ocean.
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Naval six-pounders arm the first tanks
The Royal Navy supplied quick-firing six-pounders when Army assistance fell short, giving early tanks a direct connection to naval ordnance.