tank

armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat
Product weapon_type Q12876
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tank

Summary

tank is a weapon type[1]. tank ranks in the top 3% of weapon_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,232 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • tank's instance of is recorded as weapon type[3].
  • tank's instance of is recorded as vehicle functional class[4].
  • cistern is named after tank[5].
  • tank is a type of armored fighting vehicle[6].
  • tank's Commons category is recorded as Tanks[7].
  • tank comprises tank running gear[8].
  • tank comprises continuous track[9].
  • tank's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1915[10].
  • tank's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tanks[11].
  • tank's Commons gallery is recorded as Tank[12].
  • tank's described by source is recorded as 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica[13].
  • tank's used by is recorded as tankman[14].
  • tank's different from is recorded as reservoir[15].
  • tank's different from is recorded as tank[16].
  • tank's history of topic is recorded as history of the tank[17].
  • tank's has list is recorded as list of tank[18].
  • tank's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/04389033-n[19].
  • tank's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[20].
  • tank's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21].
  • tank's category for the view of the item is recorded as Category:Tanks by view[22].
  • tank's P14470 is recorded as Objects/Tank[23].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for tank include German tank problem[24], a mathematical problem[25] and tank controls[26], a video game control[27].

Why It Matters

tank ranks in the top 3% of weapon_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,232 views/month).[2] tank has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] tank is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for tank include German tank problem[24], a mathematical problem[25] and tank controls[26], a video game control[27].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19d ago · Putnik · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Tanks
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → tankas
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7666]]: tankas"
  2. 10w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Objects/Tank
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P9675]]: 456992, Adding [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier for [[P:P14470|P14470]]"
  3. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0004264-tanky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0004264-tanky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
  4. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → —
    Has list → list of tank
    Instance of → weapon type, vehicle functional class
    Encyclopedia of china (third edition) id → 45159
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 9333, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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