The tank templates arenavboxes providing links to tank articles. They are placed in relevant articles and lists relating to tanks and tank history.
Place the template below{{Infobox weapon}}, at the top of article content, or at the top of an article section.
{{Interwar tanks}}Or place it at the bottom of an article, applying the wide style.
{{Interwar tanks|style=wide}}The template automatically collapses when necessary, but this can be overridden with thestate parameter.
{{Interwar tanks|state=uncollapsed}}Each period-specific template lists thearticles about tanks whichentered military service during the period, with experimental designs,prototypes or designs never adopted for military service grouped separately in each navbox.
{{WWI tanks}} 1913–1918
Tanks of theFirst World War | |
|---|---|
| Light | |
| Medium | |
| Heavy | |
| Prototypes, experimentals | |
{{Interwar tanks}} 1919–1938
{{WWII tanks}} 1939 – September 1945
{{Cold War tanks}} 12 March 1947 – 26 December 1991 (Cold War)
{{Post-Cold War tanks}} 27 December 1991–present (Post–Cold War era)
| Main battle | |
|---|---|
| Light /medium | |
| Prototypes, experimentals | |
Background:History of the tank,Tank classification | |
Each tank series template provides links to tank articles closely related to one main article.
