If the machine gun was the longbow, the tank was its knight in armor. A big metal box on treads, the tank could go anywhere and shrug off gunfire like an annoying mosquito. Constructed on an assembly line and driven by gasoline, it was warfare via the industrial revolution. The German Panzer rose to infamy as its ability to move fast and strike hard fueled the blitzkrieg, while the durable M4 Sherman enabled the Allied forces to march to victory across North Africa and eventually into the European theater.
