• JTskulk@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    If I remember my history accurately, that’s because tanks were a new British secret weapon. The whole reason they’re even called tanks is because that was the code name, they referred to them as water tanks.

    • Mikelius@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Yes, in 1916 which is fucking crazy to think about because the french army literally had napoleonic era style cuirassiers in 1914.