From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Wed Sep 01 2004 - 20:34:18 PDT
The first (military) tanks resembled (liquid) tanks, and were called tanks
to confuse the enemy spies who might have been watching as the tanks were
developed. The name stuck. I believe that the first ones to be developed
were in the UK, but I may be corn-fused on that point.
apb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sonny Heath" <sonny@defuniak.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Was: [MV] WARNING! Now: tanks w/o tracks ?
> I think I read somewhere that the first tanks were, in fact, tanks that
held
> liquids.
>
> Sonny
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Greg <czechsix@cox.net>
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 12:49 PM
> Subject: [MV] Was: [MV] WARNING! Now: tanks w/o tracks ?
>
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <jimweb@endgame.demon.co.uk>
> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 8:41 AM
> > Subject: Re: [MV] WARNING!
> >
> >
> > <<content snipped for brevity>>
> > >
> > > mandatory MV content... all tanks have had tracks except one.
> >
> > Ok, I'll bite.
> >
> > Which one? And what's the definition of "tank" that's being used - and
it
> > better not be something to hold liquids :)
> >
> > Greg
> >
> > PS, while we're at it, I'd like to add my truck onto the greensix web
page
> > listing of trucks - but there seems to be no way to do it online. I seem
> to
> > recall that the site was going to go down and be redone
> though.......Anyway,
> > anyone know of a way to add on to that list?
> >
> > >
> > > --
> > > TTFN
> > > Jim [long time Mozilla user]
> > > ICQ: 58721472
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