<text><span class="style10">eaponry (5 of 7)</span><span class="style7"></span><span class="style10">Tank warfare</span><span class="style7">On the ground, the face of battle was changed by the introduction of the tank and its antidotes. The tank was invented by the British in 1915 as an armored caterpillar-tracked machine designed to cross the mud and trenches of a World War I battlefield.The tank was later developed into a war-winning weapon by the Germans, who recognized its potential to break through enemy lines and produce rear-area paralysis. </span><span class="style19">Blitzkrieg</span><span class="style7"> ('lightning war'), dependent on a mixture of mobility and air support, was effective in the early years of World War II, but was slowly countered by new technology. Tanks proved vulnerable to other tanks, especially those armed with bigger guns and special anti-tank shells. Infantry soldiers were also equipped to deal with the threat, using spring-loaded weapons such as the British PIAT ('projectile, infantry, anti-tank') or the German Panzerfaust.</span></text>
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<text><span class="style10"> British World War I tank</span></text>
