tankette
Sign in to savethumb|300px|A TKS|TKS tankette in the [[Polish Army Museum]] thumb|300px|A TKS tankette with a human for scale in a 2019 parade in Poland A tankette is a tracked armoured fighting vehicle that resembles a small tank, roughly the size of a car. It is mainly intended for light infantry support and scouting. Colloquially it may also simply mean a small tank.
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thumb|300px|A TKS|TKS tankette in the [[Polish Army Museum]] thumb|300px|A TKS tankette with a human for scale in a 2019 parade in Poland A tankette is a tracked armoured fighting vehicle that resembles a small tank, roughly the size of a car. It is mainly intended for light infantry support and scouting. Colloquially it may also simply mean a small tank.
Several countries built tankettes between the 1920s and 1940s, and some saw limited combat in the early phases of World War II. The vulnerability of their light armour, however, eventually led armies to abandon the concept with some exceptions such as the more modern German Wiesel (Weasel) series.