tanktæŋk
tank (n)
- plural
- tanks
tank
English Definitions:
tank, army tank, armored combat vehicle, armoured combat vehicle (noun)
an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
tank, storage tank (noun)
a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids
tank, tankful (noun)
as much as a tank will hold
tank car, tank (noun)
a freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk
cooler, tank (verb)
a cell for violent prisoners
tank (verb)
store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it
tank (verb)
consume excessive amounts of alcohol
tank (verb)
treat in a tank
"tank animal refuse"
tank (Noun)
A container for liquids or gases.
tank (Noun)
The amount held by a container, =tankful.
tank (Noun)
In online and offline role-playing games, a character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy with offensive power as a close secondary consideration.
tank (Verb)
To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.
tank (Verb)
To attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently.
tank (Verb)
To put fuel into a tank
tank (Verb)
To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.
tank (Noun)
A closed container for liquids or gases.
tank (Noun)
An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.
tank (Noun)
A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial.
tank (Noun)
The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.
tank (Noun)
The amount held by a container; a tankful.
tank (Noun)
An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun in a turret, and moving on caterpillar tracks.
tank (Noun)
A reservoir or dam.
tank (Noun)
A large metal container for holding drinking water for animals, usually placed near a wind-driven water pump, in an animal pen or field.
tank (Noun)
By extension a small pond for the same purpose.
tank (Noun)
A very muscular and physically imposing person. Somebody who is built like a tank.
tank (Noun)
a unit or character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy
tank (Noun)
A prison cell, or prison generally.
Tank
A tank is a tracked, armoured fighting vehicle designed for front-line combat which combines operational mobility and tactical offensive and defensive capabilities. Firepower is normally provided by a large-calibre main gun in a rotating turret and secondary machine guns, while heavy armour and all-terrain mobility provide protection for the tank and its crew, allowing it to perform all primary tasks of the armoured troops on the battlefield. Tanks in World War I were developed separately and simultaneously by Great Britain and France as a means to break the deadlock of trench warfare on the Western Front. Their first use in combat was by the British Army on September 15, 1916 at Flers-Courcelette, during the Battle of the Somme. The name "tank" was adopted by the British during the early stages of their development, as a security measure to conceal their purpose. While the French and British built thousands of tanks between them, Germany developed and brought into service only a single design the A7V producing 20 vehicles due to lack of capacities or resources. Tanks of the interwar period evolved into the designs of World War II. Important concepts of armoured warfare were developed; the Soviet Union launched the first mass tank/air attack at Khalkhin Gol in August 1939, which later resulted in the T-34, a predecessor of the main battle tank; this was quickly followed up by Germany on a larger scale when they introduced blitzkrieg less than two weeks later; a technique which made use of massed concentrations of tanks supported by artillery and air power to break through the enemy front and cause a complete collapse in enemy resistance and morale.
Tank
A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Tank designs are a balance of heavy firepower, strong armour, and good battlefield mobility provided by tracks and a powerful engine; usually their main armament is mounted in a turret. They are a mainstay of modern 20th and 21st century ground forces and a key part of combined arms combat. Modern tanks are versatile mobile land weapons platforms whose main armament is a large-caliber tank gun mounted in a rotating gun turret, supplemented by machine guns or other ranged weapons such as anti-tank guided missiles or rocket launchers. They have heavy vehicle armour which provides protection for the crew, the vehicle's munition storage, fuel tank and propulsion systems. The use of tracks rather than wheels provides improved operational mobility which allows the tank to overcome rugged terrain and adverse conditions such as mud and ice/snow better than wheeled vehicles, and thus be more flexibly positioned at advantageous locations on the battlefield. These features enable the tank to perform well in a variety of intense combat situations, simultaneously both offensively (with direct fire from their powerful main gun) and defensively (as fire support and defilade for friendly troops due to the near invulnerability to common infantry small arms and good resistance against heavier weapons, although anti-tank weapons used in 2022, some of them man-portable, have demonstrated the ability to destroy older generations of tanks with single shots), all while maintaining the mobility needed to exploit changing tactical situations. Fully integrating tanks into modern military forces spawned a new era of combat: armoured warfare. Until the arrival of the main battle tank, tanks were typically categorized either by weight class (light, medium, heavy or superheavy tanks) or doctrinal purpose (breakthrough-, cavalry-, infantry-, cruiser-, or reconnaissance tanks). Some being larger and very heavily armoured and with large guns, while others are smaller, lightly armoured, and equipped with a smaller caliber and lighter gun. These smaller tanks move over terrain with speed and agility and can perform a reconnaissance role in addition to engaging enemy targets. The smaller, faster tank would not normally engage in battle with a larger, heavily armoured tank, except during a surprise flanking manoeuvre.
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