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A main feature of the Barak, unveiled in July 2018, is the integration of the Iron Vision helmet-mounted augmented reality system, using high-resolution cameras arrayed around the tank to provide a 360° virtual reality view of a tank's surroundings to crew members' helmet displays while protected inside.
The M728 vehicle is used for breaching, obstacle removal, and pioneering operations. Although the M728 consists of a tank hull and a short-barreled turret, it is not a tank and should not be routinely used against enemy tanks. It is an excellent heavy assault support vehicle when used as part of a combined engineer-infantry team.
As a tank is pumped out, it's filled with inert gas and kept in this safe state until the next cargo is loaded. [22] The exception is in cases when the tank must be entered. [22] Safely gas-freeing a tank is accomplished by purging hydrocarbon vapors with inert gas until the hydrocarbon concentration inside the tank is under about 1%. [22]
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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.
The "Vessel Boiling Electric" or "BV" was an innovation at the very end of World War II, when the Centurion tank was introduced with the device fitted inside the turret. [2] [3] Previously, British tank crews had disembarked when they wanted to "brew-up" (make tea), using a petrol cooker improvised from empty fuel cans [4] called a "Benghazi burner". [5]
Flames engulfed hillside homes with propane tanks outside and gun ammunition inside. Palisades suddenly sounded like a war zone. Palms were bending sideways and tree limbs were snapping now.
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Presidio port of entry seized 68 pounds of methamphetamine hidden inside a fuel tank of an SUV on Saturday, Dec ...