Editing Tank (section)

===International===
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[[File:１０式戦車（第２戦車連隊）.jpg|thumb|A Japanese [[Type 10]] firing.]]
The term "tank" is used throughout the English speaking world, but other countries use different terminology. In France, the second country to use tanks in battle, the word {{lang|fr|tank}} or {{lang|fr|tanque}} was adopted initially, but was then, largely at the insistence of [[Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne|Colonel J.B.E. Estienne]], rejected in favour of {{lang|fr|char d'assaut}} ("assault vehicle") or simply {{lang|fr|char}} ("vehicle"). During World War I, German sources tended to refer to British tanks as {{lang|de|tanks}}<ref>Die Tankschlacht bei Cambrai: Dr. Georg Strutz, pub 1929.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Die Englischen Tanks bei Cambrai English Tanks Cambrai (Art.IWM PST 8318) |url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/8666 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215232702/http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/8666 |archive-date=15 February 2015 |access-date=1 April 2015 |work=Imperial War Museums}}</ref> and to their own as {{lang|de|Kampfwagen}}.<ref>Die deutschen Kampfwagen im Weltkriege; Ernst Volckheim, 1937.</ref> Later, tanks became referred to as "{{lang|de|Panzer}}" ({{lit|armour}}), a shortened form of the full term "{{lang|de|Panzerkampfwagen}}", literally "armoured fighting vehicle". In the Arab world, tanks are called {{Transliteration|ar|Dabbāba}} (after a type of [[siege engine]]). In Italian, a tank is a "{{lang|it|carro armato}}" ({{lit|armed wagon}}), without reference to its armour. Norway uses the term {{lang|no|stridsvogn}} and Sweden the similar {{lang|sv|stridsvagn}} ({{lit|battle wagon}}, also used for chariots), whereas Denmark uses {{lang|da|kampvogn}} ({{lit|fight wagon}}). Finland uses {{lang|fi|panssarivaunu}} (armoured wagon), although {{lang|fi|tankki}} is also used colloquially. The Polish name {{lang|pl|czołg}}, derived from verb {{lang|pl|czołgać się}} ("to crawl"), is used, depicting the way of machine's movement and its speed. In Hungarian the tank is called {{lang|hu|harckocsi}} (combat wagon), albeit {{lang|hu|tank}} is also common. In Japanese, the term {{Transliteration|ja|sensha}} ({{lang|ja|戦車}}, lit. "battle vehicle") is taken from Chinese and used, and this term is likewise borrowed into Korean as {{Transliteration|ko|jeoncha}} ({{lang|ko-Hang|전차}}/{{lang|ko-Hani|戰車}}); more recent Chinese literature uses the English-derived {{lang|zh|坦克}} {{Transliteration|zh|tǎnkè}} (tank) as opposed to {{lang|zh|戰車}} {{Transliteration|zh|zhànchē}} (battle vehicle) used in earlier days.