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 Etymology? 

The article currently includes the following:

This tracked, armoured, and armed vehicle became the tank. This was because the British designer of the tank thought that it was such a simple name that it would catch on and be popular.

This runs contrary to every other explanation for the tank's name that I've seen (including that provided on the main wikipedia ""tank"" article. Are there any citations to support the notion that the tank's name originated in this unlikely way?"