stackyFACTSDeception is crucial when inventing a mechanical behemoth. To keep the massive armored vehicles a secret, British engineers crated them up and claimed they were mobile liquid reservoirs heading to the desert. The deceptive code name stuck, and we still call the terrifying death machines 'tanks' today.
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