What is a tank?

The tank is one of the forms of armored vehicles. More details about the characteristics and types of tanks, as well as the popular computer games dedicated to them, read on.

What is a tank?

In short, and in simple terms,what is a tank, then you can define it as a kind of combat vehicles, a characteristic feature of which is the caterpillar traverse (as a rule) and the presence of cannon armament as the main one.

Today we can distinguish two main, very large groups of tanks:

The main battle. This is one of the most important tools in performing key combat missions. Such models are distinguished by their impressive firepower, enviable resistance to damage, good speed of movement.
Light tanks. They are designed to solve special tasks and can be used, for example, as a rapid response weapon for reconnaissance purposes and the destruction of other tanks. Machines of this type are less powerful, with weaker armor, but air transportable or floating.

Tanks in computer games

The wide combat capabilities of military vehicles of this class are so attractive that tanks are very often used in various computer games of military subjects.

An uninitiated user or a novice player may have questions about what such toys are.

What is "Tanks online"? This is a 3D action movie in which a player can "join" online - directly from the browser. All tanks in the game are controlled by real players, not by a computer, which makes the game always unpredictable. The goal of the game is to fight on the battlefield with the enemy, teaming up with other gamers in the units and developing clever combat strategies. As a reward, a system of military ranks is offered. Everything in life, from recruit to generalissimo.
What is "World of Tank", in Russian "World of tanks"? Another popular online multiplayer online game, dedicated to armored fighting vehicles of the XX century. Master the subtleties of controlling different types of tanks, play on different combat maps, participating in the tank division of the world. It should be noted the ability to play in a variety of modes: shooter, strategy, RPG and action.

Also worth mentioning about the word "tank" as the namenaming and slang notion adopted in RPG players' circles (role playing computer games). This is the name of the character, from whom the maximum effectiveness is required in the course of defense of the objects / subjects / territories entrusted to him. Such characters have, as a rule, remarkable strength and resistance to enemy attacks. And in different games can be whole classes of similar characters.