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Who invent the military tank?

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Anonymous

10y ago
Updated: 5/31/2022

The first tank was invented by Joseph Hawker in 1827 for military use

No it wasn't. Hawker designed a type of caterpillar track, but so did dozens of people in many countries during the 19th Century and earlier. Hawker's wasn't anything out of the ordinary. And it was designed for agricultural use, as the Patent explains. It wasn't armoured and it didn't carry any armament. Using it for military purposes never crossed Hawker's mind.

Recognisable tanks were designed in France, Austria, and Australia in the decade preceding WWI, but none was actually built. Once the War began, tanks were built quite independently in Great Britain and France, and one prototype in Russia. The question of who "invented" them is very difficult to answer. Some in Britain, France, and Russia made major contributions, but it was really a chain of causation. Don't believe that claptrap on Wikipedia.

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Floyd Smith

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3y ago

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