Re: [GZG] Small thought re: Orbital Assault

Out of curiosty, why is this naming convention such a big deal again? 
I lost that point somewhere in the thread.

On 11/29/05, Indy <indy.kochte@gmail.com> wrote:
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>
> On 11/29/05, laserlight <laserlight@quixnet.net> wrote:
> > I said:
> > > > "Motorized tank" doesn't make sense; perhaps "motorized
> > > > armored platoon" is what they meant.
> >
> > Indy said
> > > I think your 'average' 8th-grade educated person would
> > > understand "tank" over "armoured" most days of the week.
> >
> > All tanks are armored, but many armored vehicles are not
> > tanks.  AFAIK, "motorized" means "wheeled vehicles"; if you
> > want to refer to tracked vehicles, you'd say "mechanized".
> > Also AFAIK, a tank by definition is tracked, not wheeled,
> >
> > which is why I'd say "motorized tank" is a contradition.
>
>
>  Which is a point I think Oerjan was trying to [obliquely] make.
>
>  B'sides, LL, you're smarter than the average 8th-grade educated
person.
>
>  Although probably more demented.
>   Mk
>
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