I wonder if the navy would be laughing at the army in that case. Compared to an actual dreadnought or battleship of any type, the limited number of tiny caliber guns on a tank would seem kind of... puny.Land ship, land cruiser, land dreadnought, and land battleship all come to mind as possible names if navies had been more influential in the development of the tank.
I wonder if the navy would be laughing at the army in that case. Compared to an actual dreadnought or battleship of any type, the limited number of tiny caliber guns on a tank would seem kind of... puny.
Perhaps Land Destroyers and then contracted to Landers for short.
The crazy cowboy Amerikanski have gone too far!That makes sense. The caliber of tank armament is on par with torpedo boats and destroyers, not battleships and cruisers.
Shortening to lander might get a bit confusing when space travel is developed though. The Lunar lander could be mistaken for a tank, especially in translation.
That makes sense. The caliber of tank armament is on par with torpedo boats and destroyers, not battleships and cruisers.
Shortening to lander might get a bit confusing when space travel is developed though. The Lunar lander could be mistaken for a tank, especially in translation.
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How about naming different sizes of AFVs after different sizes of naval vessels: blockades, carriers, cruisers, cutters, frigates, destroyers, trawlers, monitors, patrol, pickets, runners, screen, skiffs, sweepers,etc.