"flail tank" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flail tanks [plural]
Etymology: From flail + tank; From the flail chains attached to the rotating drum attached to the tank. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|flail|tank}} flail + tank Head templates: {{en-noun}} flail tank (plural flail tanks)
  1. a type of armored tracked fighting vehicle with a motorized spinning drum with the longitudinal axis of the drum arranged horizontally, perpendicular to the motion of the tank, with flail chains attached to the front end, which can clear landmines and barbed wire by beating them to bits
    Sense id: en-flail_tank-en-noun-ruUs1hVI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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