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The tank could place demolition charges at heights up to 12 feet. The tank was driven against a wall, the framework was lowered into the ground against the wall. The tank then backed up 100 feet laying out an electric detonating cable. The explosives were then detonated by the tank driver. It was the successor to the single-charge device "Carrot".
Type 5 Na-To tank destroyer; two built; Type 5 To-Ku amphibious tank; Type 5 Ho-Ri tank destroyer with a 105 mm cannon and an additional 37 mm gun; exact status unknown; Naval 12 cm SPG; one prototype built with a mounted Type 10 120 mm gun on a Type 97 Chi-Ha chassis; Type 97 experimental flamethrower tank number 2
The "flying tank", an experimental Soviet tank with wings and tailboom, meant to glide into the battlefield, ready for combat. Trials were unsuccessful. Bat bomb: A World War II plan to bomb Japan with bats carrying tiny incendiary bombs. Baynes Bat: An experimental British glider, designed to convert tanks into gliders which could fly into battle.
Oh, it's a tank with a 10-foot cage on top of it." Trading a low-profile for protection That's not particularly ideal if it suddenly finds itself in a fight with a tank or even an infantry ...
These Pershings were formed into a provisional tank platoon and sent to Korea in July; used to defend the town of Chinju, the tanks soon lost mobility and were destroyed when the improvised parts failed, meaning that the only three American medium tanks in Korea were lost. [11] More medium tanks began arriving in Korea at the end of July 1950.
A Marine tank platoon consisted of 3 or 4 tanks commanded by an Officer, usually a Lieutenant, who also was in charge of his tank. The other tanks were controlled by a Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO), usually a sergeant. [9] A tank company was three platoons plus two or three tanks in a headquarters company commanded by a captain in rank. [9]
A British Matilda Mk II named "Glenorchy" of Major K.P. Harris, MC, commander of 'D' Squadron, 7th Royal Tank Regiment during Operation Compass displaying an Italian flag captured at Tobruk, 24 January 1941. Mark IV tank. Black Bess; Britannia [14] Fray Bentos [15] Matilda II. Glenorchy; Sexton MK.II. Culloden; Exterminator; Vindictive
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