| The first tanks did not have turrets in World War 1 until | | | | depleted uranium. |
| the development of the French light tank called the | | | | One big modern change is the development of smooth |
| FT-17. This French tank set the design of tanks to | | | | bore guns. Older tanks had rifled tubes, which helped |
| modern day even thou it only had a machine gun for is | | | | spin the shell as it fired. This helped stabile the shell in |
| main weapon. Many World War 1 tanks were huge | | | | flight. Smooth bore guns last longer than rifled tubes |
| compared to the early days of tank in World War 2. | | | | and for about the same weight can fire a large shell. |
| At the Start of WW2 most tanks had a 37mm | | | | The Original M-1 had a 105mm main gun. The M1A3 |
| cannon. Also before World War 2 the development of | | | | uses a 120mm main gun, as does the German |
| mobile radio sets that could be used inside tanks | | | | Leopard 2. |
| meant that tanks to work together as groups with out | | | | Other new weapons are the use of missiles instead of |
| a person hanging outside of the tank with flags. | | | | shells some tanks carry missiles that fire out of the |
| During World War 2 tanks got larger up to the point of | | | | main gun. Some are laser guided or infrared guided. |
| the 50-ton Tiger tanks with larger size meant larger | | | | Modern tanks now use wireless networking to talk to |
| weapons. The Soviets with the IS-2 tank had the | | | | helicopters, other tanks, artillery, command posts and |
| largest production tank gun of WW 2 with a 122mm | | | | even local close air support aircraft. This networking |
| cannon. The IS-2 was the Soviet answers to the | | | | will speed how fast a tank works on the modern |
| German Tiger and King Tiger tanks, which had a | | | | battlefield. Working together with other battlefield |
| 88MM, cannon. | | | | weapons will make the tank more deadly and useful |
| The US built the M-26 perishing with a 90mm Cannon. | | | | for years to come. |
| Armor during WW2 was mainly steel but Post WW2 | | | | The Tank was a culmination of technology developed |
| the developed of guided missiles and SABOT rounds | | | | before World War 1. The first tank is believed to have |
| meant the development of new types of armor. With | | | | been designed by Leonardo Da Vinci in the late 15th |
| new armor and larger main guns tanks also got | | | | century. It was never built. The Army of Great Britain in |
| shorter. The closer to the ground a tank the harder to | | | | World War 1 needed a device that could break thru |
| hit. Vietnam was not a big tank war. The US mainly | | | | the line of trenches that the Germans were building in |
| used tanks as mobile artillery since they would sink in | | | | World War 1. Using Gasoline engines, naval steel plates |
| many of the rice paddies of Vietnam The North | | | | and tracks the British built the first working tanks. |
| Vietnamese did use T-34 and T-55. | | | | They were called tanks in the hope that Germans |
| During the 1972 invasion the US used helicopters | | | | would think they were water tanks. In the summer of |
| armed with guided missiles to destroy large numbers | | | | 1915 the British tested their tanks in England. The tanks |
| of North Vietnam's Soviet built tanks. In the 1960 and | | | | were rushed into production and were on the |
| 1970s tanks started to receive laser sights, night vision | | | | battlefields of France in Sept 1916. The first tanks were |
| and other enhancements to increase their ability to | | | | slow but they were invulnerable to machine guns and |
| fight. The Israelis developed explosive armor to defeat | | | | rifles. Only artillery or mechanical breakdown could stop |
| shaped charge rounds and missiles. British and | | | | most tanks. |
| American researches came up with armor based on | | | | |