flail tank

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noun
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  • 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

Etymology

Compound from English flail + English tank.

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English

tank

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