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.
Fun Fact: so did the Russian Revolution. The Allies tried to invade and the Bolsheviks captured and reverse engineered Allied tanks, mostly copying French designs to make the T-18.
There is thus a direct lineage from the French Renault FT to the T-34, which would become famous for fighting Panzers descended from the British Carden Loyd!
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JTskulk@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 2y
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.
rockerface@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 2y
I think the original actual name was "landships", but the "tanks" stuck better for some reason
Mikelius@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Yes, in 1916 which is fucking crazy to think about because the french army literally had napoleonic era style cuirassiers in 1914.
napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org · 23 pts · 2y
Whilst Germany deployed only 18 of its own tank model (A7V), they did capture hundreds of allied tanks and used them in their own regiments.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 5 pts · 2y
Fun Fact: so did the Russian Revolution. The Allies tried to invade and the Bolsheviks captured and reverse engineered Allied tanks, mostly copying French designs to make the T-18.
There is thus a direct lineage from the French Renault FT to the T-34, which would become famous for fighting Panzers descended from the British Carden Loyd!