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[Troll]

here are at least three possible explanations of the origin of the name "tank". One is it first arose in British factories making the hulls of the first battle tanks: workmen and possible spies were to be given the impression they were constructing tracked water containers or tanks for the British Army, hence keeping the production of a fighting vehicle secret.

[TheFaQQer]

A taxi would work!

[NickFitz]

And then, like a thunderbolt, it struck me.

Ride on a poor person's back?

[DiscoStu]

And then, like a thunderbolt, it struck me.

Pray tell, the suspense is killing me

[Troll]

Another is the term was first used in a secret report on the new motorized weapon presented to Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, by British Army Lt.-Col. Ernest Swinton. From this report, three possible terms emerged: "cistern", "motor-war car", and "tank"

[TheFaQQer]

I rushed round to the taxi rank.

[Troll]

Apparently "tank" was chosen due to its linguistic simplicity.[2] But perhaps the most compelling story comes from Winston Churchill's authoritative biography. [3] To disguise the device, drawings were marked "water carriers for Russia." When it was pointed out that this might be shortened to "WCs for Russia," the drawings were changed to "water tanks for Russia." Eventually the weapon was just called a tank.

[TheFaQQer]

Alas!

[NickFitz]

I rushed round to the taxi rank.

Won't find many poor people there

[Troll]

A tracked fighting vehicle was proposed in 1912 by Australian engineer L. E. de Mole. It was one of the earliest practical designs offered to the British War Office. He was notified in June 1913 that his idea had been rejected, though only some of his drawings were returned. He resisted urging from friends to sell the design to the German consul in Perth