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50,000 Strong: The Sherman Tank’s Production Run Is Still the King
As a result, the United States was ready to develop the right type of armor that it suspected would be strong enough to ...
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80 Years of Battleground Dominance: A Chronological History of U.S. Tanks
Both the hull and turret were cast as single pieces of metal, with about 9 to 10 inches of armor protection in the frontal arc—more than three times that of the Sherman. Various Patton tanks saw ...
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UK Laser Weapon Test Shoots Down The Hype On Tank-Killing Drones
In an April 2024 Finabel report , Julien Potin mentions that cope cages, improvised metal grilles mounted atop tank turrets, have become a prominent yet controversial form of add-on armor in ...
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With his track ablaze, this soldier found a way to destroy an enemy tank
As a tank destroyer commander without a tank destroyer, Medal of Honor recipient Staff Sgt. Clyde Choate had to do ...
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A Ukrainian tank commander shared how a crew survived direct Russian drone strikes in an American-made Abrams tank
The tank commander told Lee and Kofman that the crew likely wouldn't have survived the fight if they'd relied on the Abrams armor alone, though. The American-made M1 Abrams tank is powerful ...
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An improvised line in ‘Elf’ almost got cut, and now it’s gone viral
"But not everyone loved the banter, and Acheson said the improvised dialogue initially landed on the chopping block."The producers wanted to axe the whole scene because of that. I think ...
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UP water tank on Sherman Hill torn down
Famoso, Calif. grain train GS C4FO-06, passes the water tank at Harriman, Wyo., on Dec. 7, 2024. The steam-era landmark was torn down this week. Chip Sherman HARRIMAN, Wyo. — Union Pacific has ...