The torpedo boats Burstyn was interested in were powered by massive steam engines, far too big and bulky to be effective on land. Realizing that men approaching enemy positions with protection levels this high would be much less likely to sustain serious injuries or be killed, he took the idea and ran with it. Over time, he took an interest in navy warships, wholly enclosed in steel armor. Upon seeing the tremendous damage they could inflict, he set his sights on developing protection from these weapons. In 1903, an Austrian named Gunther Adolf Burstyn joined his nation’s army as an engineer to continue the development of cannons. Who Invented Tanks? Burstyn Motorgeschütz (model), via Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
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