Five great tank museums

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1-12-2010 @ 4:11PM

BobJ said...

Around 1914, the British were designing a lumbering motor vehicle with a mounted gun to smash through enemy defenses. Somewhat logically, they called it a 'land-ship'. But to keep their intentions secret, the Brits labeled the drawings 'Water Carriers for Russia'. Winston Churchill, upon hearing the code name, was afraid that would lead to an abbreviation of 'WCs for Russia' and so had it changed to 'Water Tanks for Russia', subsequently shortened to just 'tanks'.

1-12-2010 @ 6:38PM

Sean McLachlan said...

Correct!

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