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1 week agoMeet the Latest Generation of Modern Military Vehicles, Including the 8-Wheeled Armored Vehicle Built to Destroy Tanks
In September 1916, the first tank secretly made its way onto the fields of the Battle of Somme. The British had developed the technology and were ready to reveal it on the trenched and barbed wire battlefields of World War I. At the time, they did not prove to have the best track record, breaking down and unreliable, but the psychological effect the machines had on the German soldiers they were fighting was well worth the trouble.
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