"The name Tank top, recorded in English since 1968, derives from its resemblance to a tank suit, a style of one-piece women's swimsuit with shoulder straps, so called since the 1920s, because it was worn in a "swimming tank," an obsolete term for what are now called "swimming pools." A female swimming version of the tank top, the tankini (a portmanteau of the words "tank top" and "bikini"), is also an option."
Thanks Wikipedia.
2007-01-11 11:57:55
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answered by sandyblondegirl 7
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Nothing they are just called Tank Tops!!!!
2007-01-11 19:48:35
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answered by E F 2
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because they look like the shape of the old tanks
2007-01-11 19:53:01
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answered by stan 3
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it was really hot in the old tanks, so they wore as little as they could
2007-01-11 19:48:45
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answered by tomhale138 6
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they don't have anything to do with tanks
2007-01-11 19:48:56
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answered by spice18536 3
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apparently, it's boiling hot inside those metal death machines.
you'll be wanting to wear the thinnest, and least amount of clothes inside.
i'm not sure they were invented just for the military tho'.
2007-01-11 19:49:58
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answered by evoleye 3
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NOTHING
2007-01-11 19:52:23
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answered by Anonymous
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