This post contains a possible Matrix Reloaded ***SPOILER***, so proceed at your own risk if you haven't seen the movie yet.
So this is why Tank had to die in the interval between The Matrix and The Matrix Reloaded:
http://us.imdb.com/PeopleNews/2003/20030521#1
This is one minor gripe I had with Reloaded... no explanation of Tank's death. Did his wounds turn out to be fatal after all, or was he killed later in a separate incident? Inquiring minds want to know.
P.S.
Yeah, I know this wasn't really much of a spoiler, but some people can be pretty anal about these things. :-)
