Tank Talk

[James Hood]

Had never heard "tank" used to refer to a heavy kilt before this forum, either. Thank you, Fr. Bill, for the clarification.

BTW, "tank" as applied to an armoured fighting vehicle had its origin in WW I when the British Army was introducing them and wanted to keep their purpose and identity secret-ish <inferring self-propelled water / fuel tanks>.

The Mk I lozenge-shaped, turret-less tracked fighting vehicles were called "tanks" and the term caught on, at least in English. The Germans called them "Panzerkampfwagen;" which is "armoured fighting wagon (vehicle)."

So in actual reality, neither a heavy kilt nor tracked main battle vehicle...is really a "tank."

Don't y' love language?