There s a long tradition of tank crews giving their tanks a name.
Here s What You Need to Know: Determining a colorful moniker for their tank is something tankers come up with all on their own.
Ever since the British Army introduced the tank on the battlefields of the Western Front during the First World War, it has been common for some crews to give the tank a name. This practice likely had its origin in the fact that the tank as we know it grew out of the Landship program, and the British officers named the tanks that certainly showed their classical education.