Tank or " landship " development, originally conducted by the British Navy under the auspices of the Landships Committee was sponsored by the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill and proceeded through a number of prototypes culminating in the Mark I tank prototype, named Mother.

The design was based on the A7 ( which had started development in 1929 ) rather than on the Infantry Tank Mk I, which was a two-man tank with a single machine gun for armament.

The first flight was in July 1937 after just under one year of development with Tank at the controls.

The Light Tank ( Airborne ) M22, also known as the Locust, began development in late 1941 in response to a request by the British military earlier in the year for an airmobile light tank which could be transported onto a battlefield by glider.

* Overseas Development Institute — Independent UK Think Tank focusing on a wide range of development issues

In separate development were tank designs using the 17 pdr-this would lead to the Cruiser Tank, Challenger a derivative of the Cromwell and the Sherman Firefly conversion of Sherman tanks.

The Think Tank structure of the Harlequin can also be recognized via the development of a flexible and modular memory management system, the Memory Pool System ( MPS ).

The PKT ( ПК Танковый, " PK Tank ") is a further development of the PK to replace the SGMT Goryunov vehicle-mounted machine gun.

* Introduced as " The Jay Leno Tank Car " on Gran Turismo 4, it ended up in the game " by accident " when the game development team visited Jay's garage for some engine noises.

Tank, Infantry, Black Prince ( A43 ) was the name assigned to an experimental development of the Churchill tank with a larger, wider hull and a QF 17-pounder ( 76 mm ) gun.

The armour piercing hardened steel cored 13. 2 x 92mm (. 525-inch ) semi-rimmed cartridge, often simply called " 13 mm ", was originally planned for a new, heavy Maxim MG. 18 water-cooled machine gun, the Tank und Flieger ( TuF ) meaning for use against " tank and aircraft ", which was under development and to be fielded in 1919.

This development, largely under the influence of Heinz Guderian's Achtung – Panzer !, was facilitated by the fact that for political reasons a Tank Arm had been formed, the Panzertruppe or Panzerwaffe, distinct from the Infantry and Cavalry.

At the end of 1970, the Type 122 Experimental Medium Tank project was aborted after three years of development.

After having made plans for the continued development of the Mark I into the Mark IV, the Tank Supply Committee ( the institute planning and controlling British tank production ) in December 1916 ordered the design of two new types: the Mark V and the Mark VI.

The design was seen to have potential and served as the basis for the development of a larger armoured car-a " Light Tank ( Wheeled )".

His company was responsible for the development of the Nylon Tank Suit in 1948, a marked improvement over the wool and cotton suits available at the time.

In developing the ULTRA AP, GTRI's scientists and engineers assembled a team of industry professionals that included GTRI employee Scott Badenoch, who is now an advanced development and racing professional ; Tom Moore, former vice president of Liberty Operations, Chrysler's advanced engineering center ; Walt Wynbelt, former program executive officer with the U. S. Army Tank Automotive and Armaments Command, and Dave McLellan, former Corvette chief engineer for General Motors.

Sereno E. Brett, Patton's right-hand man and commander of the 326th Tank Battalion, took command of the brigade in Patton's absence.

Tank training took place at Fort Knox, Kentucky and Fort Benning, Georgia.

On 4 October 1993 six T-80UD MBTs from 12th Guards Tank Regiment, 4th Guards Kantemirovskaya Tank Division took positions on a bridge opposite the Russian parliament building, and fired on it.

The group didn ’ t want me to record for the Think Tank album, so I took it as a sign to leave ".

Jeff Widener, known for his iconic Tank Man photograph, took other photographs of the fateful rally, including two widely publicized images of the Goddess ; one under construction, and another in context of the demonstration.

* According to the introduction of My Tank Is Fight !, author Zack Parsons says he took the title from a song by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets ( a verse of the song " My Tank ").

It took over one of Fourteenth Army's main combat formations, IV Corps which was temporarily commanded by Lieutenant General Francis Tuker, with 5th, 17th and 19th Indian Divisions and 255th Indian Tank Brigade under its command.

New York Ship's World War II production included all nine light carriers ( CVL ), built on light cruiser hulls ; the 35, 000-ton battleship ; and 98 LCTs ( Landing Craft, Tank ), many of which took part in the D-Day landings at Normandy.

The British 1st Army Tank Brigade took part in the Battle of France, serving as part of the British Expeditionary Force.

The 6th Tank Army, with 160 tanks and 50 self-propelled guns, was inexperienced and took longer than expected to penetrate the western flank of the salient.

Arthur Tsang Hin Wah of Reuters took several shots, but the one shot of Tank Man climbing the tank was chosen from his batch of photos.

On June 4, 2009, in connection with the 20th anniversary of the protests, Associated Press reporter Terril Jones revealed a photo he took showing the Tank Man from ground level, a different angle than all of the other known photos of the Tank Man.

The turbine engine project went to Rolls-Royce and Rover Co took over the V12 Meteor production used in the Centurion Tank.

Perrineau took the role of Link in The Matrix series after the original operator Tank was written off the script when Marcus Chong was fired over money disputes.

He was 20 years old, and an Acting Captain in the ' A ' Battalion, Tank Corps, British Army during the First World War, and was awarded a Victoria Cross for his actions on 20 November 1917 at Marcoing, near Cambrai, France after his tank took a direct hit killing all but him and one member of his crew.

He was 39 years old, and an Acting Lieutenant-Colonel in the North Irish Horse, seconded to 6th Battalion, Tank Corps during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

He was given command of the XLI Tank Corps after the unit took part in the Battle of Kursk from 4 to 20 July 1943.

He was 23 years old, and a lieutenant in the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, British Army, attached to 3rd ( Light ) Battalion, Tank Corps during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

Foote was 37 years old, and a temporary lieutenant colonel in the 7th Royal Tank Regiment, British Army, during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

Gardner was 26 years old, and an acting captain in the 4th Royal Tank Regiment, British Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

It is not to be confused with the later model Tank, Infantry Mk II ( A12 ), also known as the " Matilda II " which took over the " Matilda " name after the early part of the war when the first Matilda was withdrawn from combat service.

At that time, the army was organised into 11 Border Defence and 4 Security Zones, one regime security brigade, 10 Tank Battalions, 10 Mechanized Infantry Battalions, 18 Infantry Battalions, 6 Commando Battalions, 22 Artillery Battalions, 4 SSM Brigade and 7 Air Defence Artillery Battalions.

The orbiter was lifted up on a sling very similar to the one used at Kennedy Space Center and placed inside the Dynamic Test Stand building, and there mated to the Vertical Mate Ground Vibration Test tank ( VMGVT-ET ), which in turn was attached to a set of inert Solid Rocket Boosters ( SRB ) to form a complete shuttle launch stack, and marked the first time in the program's history that all Space Shuttle elements, an Orbiter, an External Tank ( ET ), and two SRBs, were mated together.

It was at this time that he re-enlisted in the armed forces under an assumed name ( first the Royal Air Force, then the Royal Tank Corps ), in an attempt to " lie fallow " and develop a new identity.

" At a time when other US oil companies were promoting their gasoline products with campaigns such as Exxon / Esso's " Put A Tiger in Your Tank!

During this time, Blur began the recording sessions that would produce the material for their next album, Think Tank.

By the time the United States entered the Second World War in 1942 they had only two tanks ready for combat: the M1 Combat Car and the M2 Light Tank.

It played a pivotal role during the Battle of Imphal, during which the Imperial Japanese Army's 14th Tank Regiment ( consisting of mostly captured British M3 Stuart light tanks and their own Type 95 light tanks ) encountered M3 medium tanks for the first time.

He then tells the kids the story of the time Thomas the Tank Engine had a Christmas Party:

A new item, the Energy Tank, allows a player to refill Mega Man ’ s health at any time.

The Boston Globe Magazine called the Bunting Institute " America's Think Tank for Women ," and the Chronicle of Higher Education described the Institute as a place where " lives get turned around, books get written, and discoveries are made, all the result of time spent among intellectual peers.

By the time of his father's death in 1997, Christopher had added a further 14 books to the series, as well as writing stories for several Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends annuals.

Extra Sand Tanks ( used for rewinding time ) can be gained by collecting eight Sand Clouds, and extra Power Tanks ( used for all other abilities ) are gained by vanquishing sixteen enemies after having collected a new Sand Tank.

At this time the 20th Tank Corps brought its brigade of the new Joseph Stalin-2 ’ s to the Korsun battlefield.

The Land-Armor can carry one Tank at a time.

In that battle the 198th Tank Battalion failed to reach the battle on time because its tank crews struggled to navigate their tank equipment through the rough local terrain.

On 18 October 1923, it was officially named Royal ( making it the Royal Tank Corps ( RTC )) by Colonel-in-Chief King George V. It was at this time that the motto, Fear Naught, the black beret and the unit badge were adopted.

Taking inspiration from bands such as Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Motörhead, Venom, Tank, Accept, Discharge, Ramones and AC / DC, the group released two demos which led to a record deal with Steamhammer ( which were not recorded with Bloody Monster, who by this time was replaced by Chris " Witchhunter " Dudek ).

While it is usually assumed to be named after British Prime Minister William Pitt who was Prime Minister around the time of the establishment of Sydney, an alternative explanation is that it was initially so-named because it terminated close to the tanks or " pits " excavated in 1791-1792 in the Tank Stream, the original source of fresh water for the colony.

The Tank game in Combat had the basis of two tanks controlled by players each moving around a playing field and shooting the other player until time ran out.

According to various interviews, it was at this time he was exposed to Hard Rock and Heavy Metal in the form of Motorhead, Deep Purple, UFO, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin and so on, followed by lesser-known NWOBHM artists such as Raven, Tank and Venom.

Deadline enjoyed the patronage of those who wouldn't normally purchase comics and the support of several key bands of the time, with Blur making regular appearances in the Tank Girl strips and covers including Ride, Curve, Carter USM and the Senseless Things.

However, the commercial failure of the Tank Girl film and the crossing over of the alternative scene into the mainstream ( around the time of Britpop, a movement it had helped to champion ) saw the magazine eventually fold at the end of 1995.

Kilbourn, a Vickers engineer at the time working for the Department of Tank Design, who transformed the prototype into the tank that would serve the British forces from D-day onwards.

Terence was teased about his caterpillar tracks by Thomas the Tank Engine when they both met each other for the first time.