Sentence examples for assault tanks from inspiring English sources

The brigade that had liberated Hamdaniya belonged to the 9th Division, a mechanized unit equipped with assault tanks and armored personnel carriers.

Spain's six Schneider CA1 assault tanks were put into service with the Republican Army, and saw combat around Madrid before and during the Siege of Madrid, and during the Siege of the Alcázar in Toledo.

The program was spearheaded by Captain of the Artillery Carlos Ruiz de Toledo, who had first commanded the battery of Schneider CA1 assault tanks in Morocco; Toledo felt that the tank would become an extremely important asset in future conflicts and felt that the Spanish Army required a Spanish-built model.

The first massed assault of tanks in history took the Germans wholly by surprise, and the British achieved a far deeper penetration and at less cost than in any of their past offensives.

Mr. Muashar was particularly critical of Washington for suggesting in the midst of an Israeli assault, with tanks besieging his compound, that Mr. Arafat should somehow be reining in Palestinian extremists.

As the remaining Polish forces repelled the assault, their tanks were forced to use the last of their ammunition.

Just hours ago, Turkish lawmakers were still sheltering inside the parliament building which was under assault by tanks.

Shame on President Obama for not taking personal responsibility for the blowback resulting from America's endless wars abroad, the militarization of local police, and the ramifications of allowing police to use battlefield equipment such as drones, assault weapons, tanks, etc.

Months after he took office in 2009, President Obama gave his support to the UN's proposed Arms Trade Treaty, a multinational effort aimed mainly at monitoring exports of things like assault weapons, tanks, and warplanes, to make sure they don't end up in the hands of a rogue state, or a terrorist group.

Government forces have been trying to retake the city, which is Saddam Hussein's hometown and about 100 miles north of Baghdad, for more than two weeks, launching assaults with tanks and armored vehicles backed by helicopter gunships.

Residents added that the assault involved Israeli tanks, bulldozers and mortar teams.