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WW1- Tanks The development of tanks in World War I was a response to the stalemate that trench warfare had created on the Western Front. The first tanks were mechanically unreliable. There were problems that caused considerable attrition rates during combat deployment and transit. Although "tanks" were initially termed "landships" by the Landships Committee, production vehicles were named "tanks", to preserve secrecy. The term was chosen when it became known that the factory workers at William Foster referred to the first prototype as "the tank" because of its resemblance to a steel water tank. Overall "tanks" were a big part of WW1 and are still important today.