The tank was described by Bert Chaney, a soldier, as:
Huge mechanical monsters such as we had never seen before. My first impression was that they looked ready to topple on their noses, but their tails and the two little wheels at the back held them down and kept them level. Big metal things they were, with two sets of caterpillar wheels that went right round the body. There was a huge bulge on each side with a door in the bulging part, and machine guns on swivels poked out from either side. The tank is a perfect example of how the advancements of World War I were inhumane in nature and caused heartless actions. The design of the tank allowed for its drivers to trample the battlefield and easily destroy anything in sight. This influenced soldiers to act inhumanely since they were provided with weaponry that facilitated this behavior. These weapons developments resulted in the merciless and inhumane behavior of soldiers as a result of the barbarous killing machines they were provided