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[[Image: T34_85_2.jpg |thumb|right|Soviet T-34/85 Tank: The tank that beat the [[Nazi]]s]] | [[Image: T34_85_2.jpg |thumb|right|Soviet T-34/85 Tank: The tank that beat the [[Nazi]]s]] | ||
'''Tanks''' are a | '''Tanks''' are a type of [[Armored Fighting Vehicle]] characterized by thick armor, heavy weapons, and no troop transport capacity. | ||
Modern tanks are tracked vehicles used primarily for line-of-sight combat, armed cannons and machine guns. The first tanks were built during the [[Great War]] by the British as a means of overcomming German trench lines, but proper doctrine for using tanks would not develop until [[World War II]]. | |||
Tanks got their name because of a ploy to avoid German intelligence discovering their first deployment by describing them as mobile water tanks when shipping them to the front. | |||
== List of Real Life Tanks == | == List of Real Life Tanks == | ||
*British Mark V tank (United Kingdom) | *British Mark V tank (United Kingdom) | ||
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*Leopard-II (Federal Republic of Germany) | *Leopard-II (Federal Republic of Germany) | ||
*Type 99 (People's Republic of China) | *Type 99 (People's Republic of China) | ||
== Tanks in Science Fiction == | == Tanks in Science Fiction == | ||
*[[AAT]] | *[[AAT]] | ||
*Leman Russ Tank | *Leman Russ Tank | ||
[[Category: Real Technology]] | [[Category: Real Technology]] | ||
Revision as of 21:57, 4 January 2010
Soviet T-34/85 Tank: The tank that beat the Nazis
Tanks are a type of Armored Fighting Vehicle characterized by thick armor, heavy weapons, and no troop transport capacity.
Modern tanks are tracked vehicles used primarily for line-of-sight combat, armed cannons and machine guns. The first tanks were built during the Great War by the British as a means of overcomming German trench lines, but proper doctrine for using tanks would not develop until World War II.
Tanks got their name because of a ploy to avoid German intelligence discovering their first deployment by describing them as mobile water tanks when shipping them to the front.
List of Real Life Tanks
- British Mark V tank (United Kingdom)
- T-34 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
- Panzer-V Panther (Nazi Germany)
- Leopard-II (Federal Republic of Germany)
- Type 99 (People's Republic of China)
Tanks in Science Fiction
- AAT
- Leman Russ Tank