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A swift military attack is now called a "blitz" or "blitzkrieg" after the rapid maneuvers of the German Army at the beginning of World War 2. The terms are German for "lightning" or "lightning war," respectively.

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What did the british invent to attack across no mans land?

The tank. The word 'tank' originally was only used to not give away to any enemy spy or analist what is really was that was being developed: "tank" at the time only had the meaning of 'large receptacle for holding liquids". A real name for the new invention was of course considered but no-one could come up with a catchy alternative name. So the name 'tank' stuck.


Is Baker tank a brand name or type of tank?

the name of the tank/brand


What is a tank?

An armored military vehicle capable of fighting.A tank is a large armored, tracked military vehicle, armed with a large main gun and several machine guns. It is used to attack enemy troops, vehicles, and other tanks.After WW1, a Tank usually had one main gun that was mounted in a turret that could swivel and elevate.Whereas, a self-propelled artillery is a tracked vehicle that had a semi-fixed gun that had limited elevation and swivel.A tank is a large and armored military vehicle that move on treads with a large cannon and a machine gun is was slow but had many advances to make better is swivel and elevate possibleA tracked armored fighting vehicle. Tank was originally the code name for the development of a tracked, gun mounted vehicle first used in 1916 on the Somme by the British in WW1.Storage unit for liquids such as Gas Tank or water tank.A sleeveless item of clothing similar to a t-shirt.


What were the two major military innovations of World War 1?

the machine gun, the battle tank


What was the code word for the new tank Nazi Germany planned to build in response to the version of the Soviet T-34 tank?

The code word that the German military had for a new tank to compete with the new version of the Soviet tank, the T-34, was the word "mouse".