Why did you call tanks "water tanks" in the first place?

1965438+September 2006 15, 48 Mark I tanks entered the battle of the somme for the first time. However, due to various reasons, only 18 vehicles were put into battle. At that time, Churchill named this new weapon with the naval term "tank" in order not to let the Germans notice it.

In addition, there are many sayings about the origin of the name "tank". There is a saying that after the tank was invented, some people laughed at it as a big tank, but when we imagined it, the name spread. There is also a saying that it is for confidentiality. In a word, "tank" is a transliteration of the word.