What is Tank?
[[File:BALTICO.jpg|thumb|T-34 used in [[World War II]]]] A '''tank''' is an armored fighting vehicle, typically armed with a lethal [[cannon|gun]] mounted on a turret and a few machine guns. A tank is covered in thick [[armour]] to protect it from enemy weapons. Tanks have tracks that wrap around its wheels to spread out its weight and let it cross rough terrain. Most tanks have a powerful gun and one or more [[machine gun]]s. A tank normally has 3-5 [[crew]] members with at least a driver, commander and gunner. There may also be a loader, who handles the [[ammunition]] for the main gun (so the gunner does not have to take eyes off the target). Some [[World War II|WWII]] tanks also had a separate soldier responsible for the [[radio]]. Since then, tank crews have evolved to have each person do one of these things, but in their early stages, the commander was often the loader and radio operator, and in a few tanks was also the driver. == Using == [[File:Frot Laffly 28 March 1915.jpg|thumb|Early French tank, 1915]] [[File:Leopard 2 A7.JPG|alt=|thumb|A [[Leopard 2]]A7 tank in Germany.]] [[File:Imperial German Heavy Tank A7V Adalbert.jpg|left|thumb|The [[A7V]] tank was the German response to the British and French tanks, and was used in WW1]] The first tanks were made by the British [[Royal Navy]] and French car manufacturers during [[World War I]] as a way of attacking enemy [[trench]]es. They were called '''tanks''' to trick the Germans into thinking they were water carriers for the [[Middle Eastern theatre of World War I]]. Their use in a surprise attack in the [[Battle of the Somme]] caused fear among the German soldiers but their small numbers and poor reliability prevented them from making much difference. Tanks became a main weapon during [[World War II]], when the German Army introduced a way of using them called [[Blitzkrieg]]. Battles between great numbers of tanks were fought, especially between the Germans and the Soviet Union. The Battle of [[Kursk]] was the biggest. Well-known World War II tank