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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.
"Hobo" – Percy Hobart, British general and tank warfare proponent "Honest John" – John Leitweiler, U.S. intelligence officer [53] "Hongjun Zhi Fu 红军之父" (Chinese, "Father of the Red Army") – Zhu De, Chinese general, warlord, politician, revolutionary and one of the pioneers of the Chinese Communist Party.
The Daily Advertisers – 5th Lancers [3] The Dandies – 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards; The Dandy Ninth – 9th (Highlanders) Battalion Royal Scots [26]; The Death or Glory Boys – 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) later 17th/21st Lancers, then Queen's Royal Lancers [1] [3] (from the regimental badge, which was a death's head (skull), with a scroll bearing the motto "or Glory")
During the Vietnam War, the nicknames "Puking Buzzards" and "One 'o Worst", a comment on their mode of transportation and a play on the official divisional name, were used. Both were used derogatorily by other soldiers, and were not used by the division itself.
The third generation of main battle tanks is characterized by composite armour and computer stabilized fire control systems, which allow firing on the move as well as very high first hit probability on targets multiple kilometres away. Many tanks had smoothbore guns with a calibre around 120mm.
Leopard – the name originally used for the Porsche-produced VK 30.01(P) prototype tank hull design and the Planned VK 16.02 Reconnaissance Vehicle, and later used by the Federal German Republic for the Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 Bundeswehr main battle tanks in service from the 1960s into the 21st century. Leuchtpistole – flare pistol
M1947 NATO reporting name for the T-34 medium tank (Poland; Cold War) M1949 NATO reporting name for the T-54 main battle tank (Soviet Union; Cold War) M1951 NATO reporting name for the T-54 main battle tank (Soviet Union; Cold War) M1953 NATO reporting name for the T-54 main battle tank (Soviet Union; Cold War)
Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends is the TV spin-off from The Railway Series. As such, it shares many characters with the original books but also introduces a vast array of new characters. These, too, are collated in a set of lists: List of Thomas & Friends characters; List of Thomas & Friends film characters