Whether the tank fundamentally changed warfare is left open to debate. One interpretation treats it as an evolution of heavy cavalry, combining cavalry mobility with artillery firepower. Bringing battleship designers into that combination adds a concern with armour protection. The comparison explains the tank through familiar military capabilities while leaving room to debate how revolutionary their combination was.
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Tank as cavalry, artillery, and landship
Combining heavy cavalry's mobility with artillery firepower and naval armour offers one way to understand the tank's place in warfare.