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[[Image: T34_85_2.jpg‎ |thumb|right|Soviet T-34/85 Tank: The tank that beat the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]]s]]
[[Image: T34_85_2.jpg‎ |thumb|right|Soviet T-34/85 Tank: The tank that beat the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]]s]]
'''Tanks''' are [[Armored Fighting Vehicle]]s characterized by thick armor and heavy weapons.  They are designed as mobile weapon platforms, so they have no space to carry troops other than their required crews.  A typical crew consists of a driver, one or two gun crew, and a commander.
'''Tanks''' (also known as Main Battle Tanks or MBTs) are [[Armored Fighting Vehicle]]s characterized by thick armor and heavy weapons.  They are designed as mobile weapon platforms, so they have no space to carry troops other than their required crews.  A typical crew consists of a driver, one or two gun crew, and a commander.


Modern tanks are tracked vehicles used primarily for line-of-sight combat, armed with cannons and machine guns. The first tanks were built during the [[Great War]] by the British as a means of overcoming German trench lines, but proper doctrine for using tanks would not develop until [[World War II]].
Modern tanks are tracked vehicles used primarily for line-of-sight combat, armed with cannons and machine guns. The first tanks were built during the [[Great War]] by the British as a means of overcoming German trench lines, but proper doctrine for using tanks would not develop until [[World War II]].

Revision as of 19:37, 25 January 2010

Soviet T-34/85 Tank: The tank that beat the Nazis

Tanks (also known as Main Battle Tanks or MBTs) are Armored Fighting Vehicles characterized by thick armor and heavy weapons. They are designed as mobile weapon platforms, so they have no space to carry troops other than their required crews. A typical crew consists of a driver, one or two gun crew, and a commander.

Modern tanks are tracked vehicles used primarily for line-of-sight combat, armed with cannons and machine guns. The first tanks were built during the Great War by the British as a means of overcoming 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

Tanks in Science Fiction

  • AAT (Star Wars)
  • Leman Russ Tank (WH40K)
  • Baneblade (WH40K)