World War II knowledge ——
In addition to The No. 1-No. 4 German tanks during World War II, there was also a group of chariots named after weasels, wild bees, tigers, leopards, elephants, wasps, rats, mules, rhinos, lions and other animals and insects.
The first is to use animals to show their brave characteristics, so that their troops have more confidence in fighting, and at the same time cause certain psychological shock to the enemy.
Second, because the German tanks had too long names, it was time-consuming for soldiers to report them on the front lines, and it was likely that they would be misnamed. Britain and the United States preferred to name them after their well-known generals, also for ease of memory.
The last point is also to confuse the enemy, such as the long-controlled self-detonating unmanned tank named "Goliath", Goliath is the chief soldier of the Philipstins recorded in the Bible, because he is extremely tall and strong, with infinite power. However, the actual size of this tank is about the same as a large toy. At the end of the war, the German super heavy tank was a 188-ton steel monster, but its name was named after the rat.
