The Mephisto tank first arose as a sort of evolution of armored cars that were already starting to find a role in combat, like the British Royal Naval Air Service's Rolls Royce Ghosts of 1914.

Military vehicle historian and armor officer Nicholas Moran rates more tank battles in movies and television for realism. Moran breaks down the accuracy of World War II tanks in "Band of Brothers ...

General Motors made airplane engines, guns, trucks and tanks. Packard made Rolls-Royce ... And there were all kinds of jobs.” World War II utterly transformed Mobile and its economy.

Armored cars and tanks first rolled their way into battle in World War I. Chemical warfare, in the form of chlorine, mustard gas, and phosgene, poisoned hundreds of thousands of soldiers.