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For germans like me, IFVs and armored artillery cars are tanks. If every tank was an MBT, why add „main battle“ to the word at all? So I think there are subty
by a3w 4y ago
For germans like me, IFVs and armored artillery cars are tanks.
If every tank was an MBT, why add „main battle“ to the word at all?
So I think there are subtypes of tanks when we have subtypes of panzers.
- Sharlin 4y agoAs the article explains, there used to exist light tanks and heavy tanks until advancement of technology made the distinction obsolete and we ended up with only the "main battle" type of tank combining maneuverability, armor and firepower in a single package. As the article also explains, German "panzer" and English "tank" simply have different meanings, at least pedantically speaking. Translations aren’t always 1:1. (My native language actually follows the German convention.)