 Gunther Burstyn

Gunther Adolf Burstyn (6 July 1879 in Bad Aussee, Steiermark - 15 April 1945 in Korneuburg, Lower Austria) was an inventor, technician, and officer of the Austro-Hungarian Army.In 1911, he produced and patented the first design of a cross-country fighting vehicle with swiveling gun turret (a tank), based on an American agricultural tractor.