English Explanatory Dictionary

flail tank

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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

Word forms

flail tank flail tanks

Etymology

From flail + tank; From the flail chains attached to the rotating drum attached to the tank.

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