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Pre-dawn glow silhouettes a tank on display at the entrance to the U.S. Armys Fort Irwin Military Reserve

Pre-dawn glow silhouettes a tank on display at the entrance to the U.S. Armys Fort Irwin Military Reserve, January 4, 2002, north of Barstow, CA. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)




An anti-Taliban tank fires into the hills of Tora Bora

An anti-Taliban tank fires into the hills of Tora Bora December 10, 2001 in Afghanistan. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)




Morning commuter tail lights streak past a tank on display at the entrance to the U.S. Armys Fort Irwin Military Reserve

Morning commuter tail lights streak past a tank on display at the entrance to the U.S. Armys Fort Irwin Military Reserve, January 4, 2002, north of Barstow, CA. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)




A lighting bolt flashes in the sky as U.S. Army M1A1 Abram tanks roll through the desert

A lighting bolt flashes in the sky as U.S. Army M1A1 Abram tanks roll through the desert December 9, 2002 near the Iraqi border in Kuwait. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)




U.S. Army armor maneuvers at sunset near the Iraqi border in northern Kuwait

U.S. Army armor maneuvers at sunset January 24, 2003 near the Iraqi border in northern Kuwait. (Photo by Scott Nelson/Getty Images)




A U.S. military Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) from the USS Rushmore rolls up on the beach

A U.S. military Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) from the USS Rushmore rolls up on the beach during a Marine exercise at Bellows Beach on Bellows Airforce Base during a Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) military excercise July 20, 2004 east of Honolulu, Hawaii. (Photo by Marco Garcia/Getty Images)




Israeli army Merkava tanks are silhouetted against the morning sun

Israeli army Merkava tanks are silhouetted against the morning sun August 21, 2003 on the outskirts of the West Bank Palestinian town of Ramallah. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)




A tank remains in the sea close to a monument to the hundreds of Japanese civilians and soldiers who jumped off Banzai Cliff to their deaths to avoid capture by the invading American army at Banzai Cliff on June 26, 2005 in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

A tank remains in the sea close to a monument to the hundreds of Japanese civilians and soldiers who jumped off Banzai Cliff to their deaths to avoid capture by the invading American army at Banzai Cliff on June 26, 2005 in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. (Photo by Koichi Kamoshida Getty Images)




Tanks line up ready to fire shells at the foot of Mount Fuji during an exercise by the Japanese Defense Agency (JDA)

Tanks line up ready to fire shells at the foot of Mount Fuji during an exercise by the Japanese Defense Agency (JDA), on August 24, 2006 in Gotenba, Japan. (Photo by Koichi Igarashi/Getty Images)




A rainbow breaks over the position of an M1/A1 Abrams tank

A rainbow breaks over the position of an M1/A1 Abrams tank from the Charlie company 464 Armored Battalion during task force manuevers December 17, 2002 near the Iraqi border in the Kuwaiti desert. (Photo by Scott Nelson/Getty Images)




Amphibious tanks of the Chinese People's Liberation Army land on a beach

Amphibious tanks of the Chinese People's Liberation Army land on a beach during the third phase of the Sino-Russian joint military exercises August 24, 2005 near Shandong Peninsula, China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)




An Israeli soldier emerges from the turret of his main battle tank

An Israeli soldier emerges from the turret of his main battle tank, which earlier in the day was hit by two Hezbollah missiles seriously injuring two of its crew, near the village of Avivim which has seen violent clashes between guerillas and Israeli forces on July 22, 2006, Avvivim, Israel. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)




An Israeli tank moves through an apple orchard before entering Lebanon from the Israel Lebanese border

An Israeli tank moves through an apple orchard before entering Lebanon from the Israel Lebanese border July 31, 2006. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)




An Israeli tank is pictured at the border between Kibbutz Mefalsim and the Gaza Strip

An Israeli tank is pictured at the border between Kibbutz Mefalsim and the Gaza Strip on October 3, 2004 in Gaza Strip. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)




An Israeli army Merkeva tank is seen against the snow-clad Mt. Hermon during a training exercise

An Israeli army Merkeva tank is seen against the snow-clad Mt. Hermon during a training exercise March 21, 2007 near Israel's border with Syria in the Golan Heights. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)




British Soldier from the B Squadron of The Light Dragoons Regiment drive on their Scimitar tank

British Soldier from the B Squadron of The Light Dragoons Regiment drive on their Scimitar tank in a location in the desert to conduct counter Taleban Operations on May 17, 2007 in Southern Helmand Province, Afghanistan. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)




An Israeli army tank advances in support of paratroopers as their brigade completes a week-long live-fire training exercise

An Israeli army tank advances in support of paratroopers as their brigade completes a week-long live-fire training exercise December 10, 2009 on the Golan Heights. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)




An Israeli army Merkeva tank advances at a firing range

An Israeli army Merkeva tank advances at a firing range, near the Israeli town of Katzrin on the Golan Heights, the strategic plateau that Israel captured from the Syrians in the 1967 Six Day War, January 25, 2010 in Katzrin. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)




A Leopard 2 heavy tank of the 37th Armoured Infantry Brigade (37. Panzergrenadierbrigade) participates in a military exercise

A Leopard 2 heavy tank of the 37th Armoured Infantry Brigade (37. Panzergrenadierbrigade) participates in a military exercise during a visit by new German Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere at the Bundeswehr combat training center on March 9, 2011 in Letzlingen, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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