Gavin
Legend has it that during the first World War
the British war office tried to disguise from
prying eyes the true nature of these steel boxes,
they hit upon the idea of calling them
"Water Tanks for Mesopotamia".
David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gavin Broad" <invest@portsmouth-mann.com>
To: "Military Vehicles List" <mil-veh@skylee.com>
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 8:59 PM
Subject: [MV] "Tank" - why/
> Dear All,
>
> Can anyone enlighten me as to how we came to name a large, mobile,
> traversing gun a "tank"?
>
> This leads me to also enquire as to the defining difference between an SPG
> and a tank??
>
> Gavinthedark
>
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