Sentence examples for great tank from inspiring English sources

Material replacement needs have also mounted in absolute terms; the great tank battles of World War II and of the Arab-Israeli Wars of 1967 and 1973 involved the destruction of hundreds of tanks within a few days.

The emergence of new threats such as the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and associated ballistic and cruise missiles, has been almost ignored.JEREMY STOCKERCentre for Security Studies, University of HullHullSIR Nobody here can remember seeing the Soviet Union's great tank divisions pass through on their way to the Rhine.

During the cold war, when the Soviet Union occupied half of Europe and had parked its great tank divisions on the Rhine to threaten the other half, the party's activists strongly opposed the attempts of the Wilson and Callaghan governments of the 1970s to maintain Britain's defences.

Don't tell Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski that the 2013-14 NBA season has been referred to as Tankapalooza and The Great Tank War of 2014.

Bagramyan took part in the great tank battles in western Ukraine and the defensive operation around Kiev, in which Kirponos was killed and the entire Front captured by the Germans.

Nina Dobrev snapped a photo of herself in a cozy $29 winter hat, Taylor Swift wore not one but two cute outfits perfect for any Christmas party, and for those of you who just want to stay inside and binge watch T.V., Victoria's Secret angel Candice Swanepoel found a great tank for lounging around.

Chiefs have Ipcress-File-style turf spats, tumblers of scotch are gulped in the middle of the day, great big tank-like Mercs are driven around, and spies in male-female pairings pretend to be snogging while carrying out surveillance – that time-honoured device for spy movies to sneak in a bit of sexiness.

Also, as other countries built up their armoured forces in imitation of the Germans, great tank-to-tank battles sometimes took place; but even here the visions of theorists such as J.F.C. Fuller, who had predicted all-tank armies maneuvering against each other like navies at sea, were seldom, if ever, realized.

Almost everything that makes Budapest the appealing city it is dates from the 1890s: the endearing and efficient metro, Continental Europe's first; a Danube-dominating, dome-topped mother of all parliaments; those great, tank-tempting boulevards tapering away to hazily distant obelisks.

They're aiming for failure and high draft picks as the Great Tanking Experiment marches on.

The two captives were taken to hangars where great tanks of brine waited.