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Tanks were first invented during WWI by the British.  The tank was to be able to cross trenches, crush barbed wire, and not be harmed by machine-guns.  Armored cars had already been made and this prompted Major Ernest Swinton to make a tracked fighting vehicle.  A committee was formed to oversee the project.  The first tank created by this committee was a tank that was nicknamed Little Willie.  This tank was tested by the British military in 1915 and was first called a landship.  This was later shortened to the word tank.  The French also developed a tank that was based off a Holt caterpillar.  This tank was first used in 1917.  Tanks eventually made trench warfare obsolete and would later become one of the best fighting machines on the planet.
 
Tanks were first invented during WWI by the British.  The tank was to be able to cross trenches, crush barbed wire, and not be harmed by machine-guns.  Armored cars had already been made and this prompted Major Ernest Swinton to make a tracked fighting vehicle.  A committee was formed to oversee the project.  The first tank created by this committee was a tank that was nicknamed Little Willie.  This tank was tested by the British military in 1915 and was first called a landship.  This was later shortened to the word tank.  The French also developed a tank that was based off a Holt caterpillar.  This tank was first used in 1917.  Tanks eventually made trench warfare obsolete and would later become one of the best fighting machines on the planet.
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