Tank | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-21

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank


00:01:34 1 Development overview
00:04:12 2 History
00:04:20 2.1 Conceptions
00:08:47 2.2 World War I
00:08:56 2.2.1 United Kingdom
00:12:27 2.2.2 France
00:13:25 2.2.3 Germany
00:14:08 2.2.4 Other nations
00:15:01 2.3 Interwar period
00:18:05 2.4 World War II
00:23:01 2.5 Cold War
00:25:34 2.6 21st century
00:27:12 2.6.1 Research and development
00:28:48 3 Design
00:29:58 3.1 Classification
00:32:29 3.2 Offensive capabilities
00:35:45 3.3 Protection and countermeasures
00:37:33 3.3.1 Avoiding detection
00:37:52 3.3.1.1 Camouflage
00:38:54 3.3.1.2 Concealment
00:41:04 3.3.1.3 Deception
00:41:36 3.3.2 Armour
00:43:45 3.3.3 Active protection system
00:44:45 3.4 Mobility
00:45:30 3.4.1 Tactical mobility
00:47:29 3.4.2 Operational mobility
00:47:37 3.4.3 Strategic mobility
00:49:11 3.5 Crew
00:52:01 3.6 Engineering constraints
00:55:48 4 Command, control, and communications
00:56:15 4.1 20th century
00:56:23 4.1.1 World War I and Interwar period
00:57:20 4.1.2 World War II
00:57:58 4.1.3 Cold War era
00:59:27 4.1.4 21st century
01:00:31 5 Etymology
01:00:48 5.1 Origins
01:04:48 5.2 International
01:06:30 6 Combat milestones
01:06:39 7 See also
01:06:47 8 Notes and references
01:06:56 9 Bibliography
01:07:05 10 External links



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SUMMARY
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A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle designed for front-line combat. Tanks have heavy firepower, strong armour, and good battlefield manoeuvrability 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 weapon system platforms that have a mounted large-calibre cannon in a rotating gun turret supplemented by mounted machine guns or other weapons such as ATGMs or rockets. They have heavy vehicle armour which provides protection for the crew, the vehicle's weapons, and propulsion systems as well as provide operational mobility due to its use of tracks rather than wheels which allows the tank to move over rugged terrain and adverse conditions such as mud (and be positioned on the battlefield in advantageous locations). These features enable the tank to perform well in a variety of intense combat situations, simultaneously both offensively (with fire from their powerful tank gun) and defensively (due to their near invulnerability to common firearms and good resistance to heavier weapons, 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.

There are classes of tanks: some being larger and very heavily armoured and with high calibre guns, while others are smaller, lightly armoured, and equipped with a smaller calibre 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.