
This common misconception is actually based on some historical truth. Myth #1: Rifled guns are more accurate than smoothbores This article aims to dispel some of them. Unfortunately, many myths were born amongst the correct pieces of information and have since spread as unsourced “general knowledge”.

However, the appearance of the internet and tank-related videogames aroused interest in armor among the general public.

Before we go over some of the most common tank myths, we wanted to extend a very special thanks to Tovarish for running a thread dedicated to this topic and to Nemo for his valuable advice!įor a very long time ever since the end of World War Two, armored vehicles were the domain of close-knit groups of historians and researchers.
