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  2. Seawise Giant - Wikipedia

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    At the time she was built, she was the heaviest self-propelled ship of any kind. With a laden draft of 24.6 m (81 ft) and a length of 458.45 m (1,504.10 ft), she was incapable of navigating the English Channel, [5] the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal. Overall, she is generally considered the largest self-propelled ship ever built.

  3. Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr.

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    Hubert Blaine Wolfe­schlegel­stein­hausen­berger­dorff Sr. (a.k.a. Hubert Wolfstern, [3] Hubert B. Wolfe + 666 Sr., [4] Hubert Blaine Wolfe+585 Sr., [5] and Hubert Blaine Wolfe+590 Sr., [6] among others, 4 August 1914 – 24 October 1997) was a German-born American typesetter who held the record for the longest personal name ever used.

  4. Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte - Wikipedia

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    Submitted designs and drawings of the vehicle went under the names OKH Auftrag Nr. 30404 and E-30404/1, which were presented in December 1942. The tank was planned to be 1000 tonnes, far heavier than the Panzer VIII " Maus " , the heaviest tank ever built (weighing 188 tonnes).

  5. David Fletcher (military historian) - Wikipedia

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    He also presents contemporary media such as YouTube for the Tank Museum. [4] David Fletcher hosted a regular video series on The Tank Museum's YouTube channel called 'Tank Chats', in which he gave viewers a brief insight in to a specific tank in the Museum's collection. [5] [6] [7]

  6. List of YouTubers - Wikipedia

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    YouTube co-founder who created the first YouTube channel and uploaded the first YouTube video, Me at the zoo, in 2005. Herne Katha: Nepal Herne Katha Short documentaries about regular people Kip Kedersha: United States kipkay Prankster, gadget creator. Keekihime: Austria keekihime Vlogs about Japanese pop culture and cover dances: Daniel Keem ...

  7. List of named tanks - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of named tanks. Canada. Churchill Oke. Bull [2] Beetle [2] M4A2 Sherman. Bomb; Caribou [3] Holy Roller; M4(105) Cougar; People's Republic of China.

  8. M1 Abrams - Wikipedia

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    The Tank Urban Survival Kit (TUSK) is a series of improvements to the M1 Abrams intended to improve fighting ability in urban environments. [150] Historically, urban and other close battlefields have been poor places for tanks to fight. A tank's front armor is much stronger than that on the sides, top, or rear.

  9. History of the M1 Abrams - Wikipedia

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    General Creighton Abrams' widow christened the tank with a bottle of champagne smashed over the tank's gun barrel. [34] The tank's name had been revealed years before by Army Secretary Howard "Bo" Callaway. The Army Secretary had preempted the Army's unannounced plans to name the tank after General George C. Marshall. [66]