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[Troll]

Tank chassis were adapted to a wide range of military jobs, including mine-clearing and combat engineering tasks. All major combatant powers also developed specialised self-propelled guns: artillery, tank destroyers, and assault guns (armoured vehicles carrying large-calibre guns). German and Soviet assault guns, simpler and cheaper than tanks, had the heaviest guns in any vehicles of the war, while American and British tank destroyers were scarcely distinguishable (except in doctrine) from tanks.

[TheFaQQer]

Then right again, followed by two more rights.

[Troll]

Turrets, which were not previously a universal feature on tanks, were recognised as the most efficient siting of the main gun. In order to engage armoured targets the tank needed a single, powerful gun, unlike some prewar designs (like the Soviet T-35), which were often equipped with multiple turrets featuring low-calibre armament, or else mounted one larger gun in a fixed position. Most tanks retained at least one hull machine gun.

[TheFaQQer]

"We're going round in circles!" I thought.

[DS23]

.. In people, the pinna is often called the auricle.

often? so what is it called other than pinna on those other occasions?

[Troll]

A highly successful post-war tank was the Soviet T-54, which started production in 1947. This successor to the T-34 represented a direct evolution of Russian tank design principles, improving on its low profile, good armour, high mobility, and adding a 100 mm gun.

[TheFaQQer]

Thankfully, we weren't.

[Troll]

often? so what is it called other than pinna on those other occasions?

You're not meant to read this tulip

[TheFaQQer]

We headed out through London's congested, slowly moving roads.

[Troll]

As of 2005, there were 1,100 M1 Abrams tanks used by the United States army in the course of the Iraq War, and they have proven to have an unexpectedly high level of vulnerability to roadside bombs.[8] However, with upgrades to their armour in the rear, they have proven invaluable in fighting insurgents in urban combat (a role that tactics otherwise proscribe),[9] particularly at the Battle of Fallujah, where the Marines brought in two extra brigades.