Tank, Military
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...airplane, opened up modern warfare, which had been immobilized...rifled guns (see mechanized warfare ). It was developed by the...failure. In Nov., 1917, the tank achieved a major success at Cambrai, when 300 British tanks made a dawn attack on a 6...defenses. Before World War II tanks and tank tactics were greatly improved...