Hi all,
IOTL, as we know, the word "tank" to mean a tracked armored combat vehicle was coined because they were initially described for purposes of secrecy as mobile water tanks. This name has a very specific cause, one that would be particularly sensitive to butterflies (unlike the more generic Panzer from German or Sensha in Japanese) in any pre-WW1 AH scenario. But what other names could we use?
IOTL, as we know, the word "tank" to mean a tracked armored combat vehicle was coined because they were initially described for purposes of secrecy as mobile water tanks. This name has a very specific cause, one that would be particularly sensitive to butterflies (unlike the more generic Panzer from German or Sensha in Japanese) in any pre-WW1 AH scenario. But what other names could we use?