Post; The Names of Armoured Vehicles

Wirehead2ACR · March 26th, 2007

Okay, my search skills are one step below "Google? Wha's dat?" (Okay not that bad, but close. LOL)

I am looking for the names of various armoured vehicles, ie: we call the M-1 series of tanks 'Abrams', and I remember from my stint in the service the ZSU 23-4 was called the 'Shilka' and the Isrealis have the 'Merkhava' tank.

What do other countries/languages call their vehicles?

Okay, I have one other question: The US named it's tanks after generals and this started from the Brits in WWII. Why did the Brits name them after US Civil War generals?

March 26th, 2007
Wirehead2ACR Milites Gregarius	Post; The Names of Armoured Vehicles Okay, my search skills are one step below "Google? Wha's dat?" (Okay not that bad, but close. LOL) I am looking for the names of various armoured vehicles, ie: we call the M-1 series of tanks 'Abrams', and I remember from my stint in the service the ZSU 23-4 was called the 'Shilka' and the Isrealis have the 'Merkhava' tank. What do other countries/languages call their vehicles? Okay, I have one other question: The US named it's tanks after generals and this started from the Brits in WWII. Why did the Brits name them after US Civil War generals?