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[Tymathee]

That's pretty common knowledge by now.

not really, i never knew that

[hans]

i cant call the early developements of the "tank" in great britain a tank lol. That were more or less bins on wheels and not comparable with the later german tanks tbh. The tank as an own mainline weapon got invented by the germans from my point of view.

[Vermillion_Hawk]

To be honest, no. We wouldn't even be calling it a tank were it not for the Brits. We'd be calling it a war wagon or something.

[brn4meplz]

Those German vehicles wouldn't exist without the first world war trench tanks.
Britain invented the concentration camp too. The Germans just refined it

Those first vehicles still possessed the modern trinity of armoires philosophy, mobility, firepower, and protection. Maybe not as much as a modern tank but it had that compared to an infantryman or cavalry unit

[nikomas]

As a side note, speaking of calling them Tank's, that doesn't go for a lot of languages... For example, in Swedish it's called a Pansarvagn... Directly translated to Armoured Wagon! Funny that... We probably got that one from the Germans.

[XIIcorps]

TBH the french FT1 is celebrated as the first true MBT.

its had the first real combination of Firepower, Mobility and Armor

The first tranversble turret mounted cannon, the first true tank shape

[aeroblade56]

not really, i never knew that

lol so many things tym.

[PonySlaystation]

Britain invented the concentration camp too. The Germans just refined it

The Russian Empire had labor camps in Siberia called Katorga and before that Tsarist Russia had prison farms, long before the Second Boer War. The German labor camps were based on the later Soviet Gulags.

[aeroblade56]

Gispacho made the stomp, but the koreans refined it.

[Shabtajus]

since when u can stomp somebody?  or u had in ur mind that u had good team8s to carry u and win vs koreans?   

[Sachaztan]

To be honest, no. We wouldn't even be calling it a tank were it not for the Brits. We'd be calling it a war wagon or something.

The Germans don't call them tanks you know.

[nikomas]

You mean Armored Fighting Wagon's? xD

[Spartan_Marine88]

The official name is generally armour.

[Vermillion_Hawk]

The Germans don't call them tanks you know.

That would be why I included the second part of my post. Panzerkampfwagen is German for tank, is it not? Literally translated, that would be "armored war wagon", would it not? Idiot.

[nikomas]

The official name is generally armour.

Not really, for the most part it seems to be "Armored -Something-". Again, if we talk Swedish the literal translations from Stridsvagn/Pansarvagn work out along the lines Fighting Wagon/Armored Car

It's two words smashed together, Just like how panzerkampfwagen was 3 words. Anyway, while "Tank" did catch on it's not actually that common from what I know outside the English language, it's more likely to be some mash of several words. It's actually funny when you think about it as panzerkampfwagen or even Stridsvagn closely turns into armored fighting wagon/car/vehicle, the funny bit is that the US/English use this designation for something else entirely.

[Spartan_Marine88]

Not really, for the most part it seems to be "Armored -Something-". Again, if we talk Swedish the literal translations from Stridsvagn/Pansarvagn work out along the lines Fighting Wagon/Armored Car

It's two words smashed together, Just like how panzerkampfwagen was 3 words. Anyway, while "Tank" did catch on it's not actually that common from what I know outside the English language, it's more likely to be some mash of several words. It's actually funny when you think about it as panzerkampfwagen or even Stridsvagn closely turns into armored fighting wagon/car/vehicle, the funny bit is that the US/English use this designation for something else entirely.

Armoured Fighting Vehicles tend to take up a lot larger scope of vehicles (including recon vehicles, troop transports etc. A humvee i think counts as an AFV and is clearly not a tank.) and not restricted to 'tanks' alone. However those which you would classify as a 'tank' while are still classified as an Armoured Fighting Vehicle would be more specifically termed Armour.

[jackmccrack]

Paul Revere? More like Paul Reverse

[aeroblade56]

Paul Revere? More like Paul Reverse

ZIIIIINNGGGGGGG

[XIIcorps]

Paul Revere? More like Paul Reverse

i dont get it, but then again this topic was derailed 5 stations ago so whats to get

[Sachaztan]

That would be why I included the second part of my post. Panzerkampfwagen is German for tank, is it not? Literally translated, that would be "armored war wagon", would it not? Idiot.

Just goes to show that what it is called in English has absolutely nothing to do with who actually invented it and the same goes for other languages.

idiot.