female tank
English
Etymology
female + tank
Noun
female tank (plural female tanks)
- (WWI military, obsolete) an armoured fighting vehicle on caterpillar tracks equipped with machine guns but no cannon, during The Great War
Coordinate terms
- tank
- male tank (cannon tank) (WWI)
- armoured car (a armoured fighting vehicle on wheels)
See also
- tankette (machine gun tank & very light tank) (intewar, WWII)
- infantry tank (a mobile pillbox tank that moves at the speed of infantry) (interwar)
- cavalry tank (a high speed lightly armed and lightly armoured tank) (interwar)
- cruiser tank (a speedy tank with moderate arms and moderate armour) (interwar)
- light tank (a light, lightly armed and lightly armoured tank) (WWII)
- medium tank (a medium weight, moderately armed and moderately armoured tank) (WWII)
- heavy tank (a heavy, heavily armed and heavily armoured tank) (WWII)
- superheavy tank (a very heavy tank, armed with a very large cannon and extremely armoured) (WWII)
- battle tank (postwar)
- main battle tank (postwar)