Tanker may refer to:
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Tank
A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Tank designs are a balance of heavy firepower, strong armour, and battlefield mobility provided by tracks and a powerful engine; ...
er, a tank crewman (US)
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Tanker (ship)
A tanker (or tank ship or tankship) is a ship designed to transport or store liquids or gases in Bulk liquids, bulk. Major types of tanker ship include the oil tanker (or petroleum tanker), the chemical tanker, Cargo ship, cargo ships, and a ga ...
, a ship designed to carry bulk liquids
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Chemical tanker, a type of tanker designed to transport chemicals in bulk
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Oil tanker
An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a ship designed for the bulk cargo, bulk transport of petroleum, oil or its products. There are two basic types of oil tankers: crude tankers and product tankers. Crude tankers move large quant ...
, also known as a petroleum tanker
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LNG carrier
An LNG carrier is a tank ship designed for transporting liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Overview
The first oceangoing liquified natural gas tanker in the world was '' Methane Pioneer'', which entered service in 1959 with a carrying capacity of ...
, a ship designed for transporting liquefied natural gas
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Tank car
A tank car (International Union of Railways (UIC): tank wagon) or tanker is a type of railroad car (UIC: railway car) or rolling stock designed to transport liquid and gaseous commodity, commodities. History
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, a railroad freight car designed for carrying bulk liquids
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Tank truck
A tank truck, gas truck, fuel truck, or tanker truck (American English) or tanker (British English) is a motor vehicle designed to carry liquids or gases on roads. The largest such vehicles are similar to railroad tank cars, which are also desi ...
, a heavy road vehicle designed for carrying bulk liquids
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Fire tanker
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a fuel in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction Product (chemistry), products.
Flames, the most visible portion of the fire, are produced in the combustion re ...
, a firefighting vehicle used to carry large amounts of water to a fire
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Air tanker, an aircraft used in
Aerial firefighting
Aerial firefighting, also known as waterbombing, is the use of aircraft and other aerial resources to Wildfire suppression, combat wildfires. The types of aircraft used include fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. Smokejumpers and rappellers ar ...
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Tanker (aircraft), an aircraft designed for in-flight refueling
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Tanker 910, a specific aircraft used to drop water or retardant on fires in California
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Tanker Pacific, a Singapore-based shipping company
Other
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André Tanker (1941–2003), Trinidadian musician and composer
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''Tanker'' (album), a 1988 album by Bailter Space
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Tanker boot, a laceless military boot
* Tanker, titular hippopotamus character of the ''
Tinker and Tanker'' book series
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''Tankers'' (film), a 2018 Russian war film
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Tanker Brewery, an Estonian brewery
See also
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Tank (disambiguation)
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