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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; their main armament is often mounted within a turret. They are a mainstay of modern 20th and 21st century ground forces…

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Tank

Nodes438
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Triples247
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Tank

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related to overview · 32
Tank → As, August, Battle, British, British Army's Mark, Co, England, France, French, Germany, Great Britain, Important, Japanese, Khalkhin Gol, Less, Lincoln, Little Willie, Major Walter Gordon Wilson, Nomonhan, September
related to International · 28
Tank → Aramaic, British, Chinese, Colonel, Dabbāba, Denmark, During World War, English-derived, English-speaking, Estienne, Finland, German, In Arabic, In France, In Hungarian, In Italian, In Japanese, Kampfwagen, Korean, Later
related to 21st century · 27
Tank → American, As, Battle, Baz LIC, Bradley, C4IS, Conversely, During, Fallujah, However, IMI APAM-MP-T, Iraq, Iraq War, Israeli Merkava, LIC, M1 Abrams, M1s, Merkava Mk, Second Intifada, Such
see also · 21
Tank → Anti-tank, Armoured, Battlefield, Categorizing, Chronicle, Cold War, Cold WarCircular, Funnies, IFV, Interwar PeriodTanks, List, Military, Modified, Normandy LandingsHull-down, Small, Type, Upper, Use, World War, World War IITanks
related to Crew · 12
Tank → Commander, Driver, Gun, Gunner, He, HEAT, In, It, Loader, Most, The, These
related to Fording · 12
Tank → Advances, Amphibious, EFA, German Leopard, In, Leopard, MBTs, Modern, Purpose-built, Russian T-90, The, World War II
related to Offensive capabilities · 10
Tank → APDS, APFSDS, ATGM, Canister, HE, HEAT, HESH, KEP, Modern, The
related to Design · 9
Tank → Firepower, For, French, Germany's Tiger, Mobility, Panther, Protection, The, There
related to Engine · 8
Tank → Advanced, American M1 Abrams, Diesel, Gas, Japan, Soviet T-80, The, Type
related to Classification · 7
Tank → British Mark, Classification, French Renault FT, In World War, Many, No, Tanks

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tanks war armour world armoured gun vehicles infantry also used use battle main mobility first protection combat crew modern development

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Tankis aarmoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat0.90text
Tankis aresult of a century of development from the first primitive armoured vehicles0.90text
Tankis a20th-century realisation of an ancient concept0.90text
Tankis alarge metallic object with a distinctive0.90text
Tankis ateam effort0.90text
anti-tank guided missiles or rocket launchersinstance ofsupplemented by machine guns or other ranged weapons0.80text
mudinstance ofThe use of tracks rather than wheels provides improved operational mobility which allows the tank to overcome rugged terrain and adverse conditions0.80text
ice/snow better than wheeled vehiclesinstance ofThe use of tracks rather than wheels provides improved operational mobility which allows the tank to overcome rugged terrain and adverse conditions0.80text
and thus be more flexibly positioned at advantageous locations on the battlefieldinstance ofThe use of tracks rather than wheels provides improved operational mobility which allows the tank to overcome rugged terrain and adverse conditions0.80text
the internal combustion engineinstance ofdue to improvements in technology0.80text
which allowed the rapid movement of heavy armoured vehiclesinstance ofdue to improvements in technology0.80text
the Panzerfaustinstance ofartillery and air power designed to break through the enemy front and collapse enemy resistance.The widespread introduction of high-explosive anti-tank warheads during the secon…0.80text

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