----- Original Message -----
From: "David Reay" <david@zundapp.freeserve.co.uk>
To: "Military Vehicles List" <mil-veh@skylee.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2000 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] "Tank" - why/
> 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".
>
Can't add anything to that, spot on.
SPG ? Tank-like thing but with thin armour for small-arms fire and shrapnel
protection only.
Richard
Southampton - England
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