How Tank Got Its Name

Pierre Lote on the occasion of his initiation ceremony is a member of the French Academy in 1892 Told his fellow members he had never read anything Strange when you consider Pierre who had never read a book was an author believe it or not in a moment I'll tell you how the tank got its name

The British first began to build armored cars based on the American caterpillar tractor in 1915 it was feared that the enemy might learn of the new weapon too soon as a result the factory foreman were instructed to replied to questions that the strange vehicles were cistern built to carry water to the British

troops in the Sahara Desert. They were known as cisterns for some time. Eventually a shorter word meaning the same thing was substituted. The word was, thanks. Believe it or not.