More recent civil wars had them, but the American Civil War did not have tanks. Tanks were invented by the British during WW1. "Tank" was the code name for the development project and the name stuck to the final product.
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For one, in WWI, the Britains rolled out tanks for the first time.
Yes, world war 1 had tanks. World War 1 was the introduction of battle-ready tanks used in war.
They were the first tanks, and tanks eventually became a dominant force in warfare as we know it.
The tanks were rebuilt as recovery vehicles and tank transporters after the war. Then six were sold to Spain in 1922 after that, from 1923 to 1926 fighting in Morocco, the four surviving tanks later taken to Spain for the Spanish Civil War. The Spanish Civil War was near Toledo on the sides of the Republicans. At the Musée des Blindés in Saumur is the world's oldest tank in running condition and the only surviving vehicle. The tank is preserved in the Aberdeen Proving Ground Ordnance Museum in Maryland, USA. Later it was donated to France for restoration.
Technology took made many improvements during the Civil War. The guns went from smoothbore muskets to rifles that used minie balls. The Civil War also saw torpedoes, submarines and Gatling guns.