The advent of the transistor and solid-state microcircuits is making small radars for infantrymen and tank operators possible.
Servicewomen remain barred from the roles that Hollywood would cast with Tom Hanks or Bruce Willis -- Navy Seals, special forces, short-range artillery or tank operators and infantry.
Unlike some of Juba's neighbourhoods, which have divided along ethnic lines, Jabarona is a mixed area and Yien believes the tank operators had guides showing them where Nuer people were living.
The tank operators are up front in the heavily armed section and separated from the turret by a blast wall.
As the tank operators turned their head they saw exactly what they would if the tank were not in the way.
As our BBC News colleagues reported, the Norwegian army is testing virtual reality goggles, including the Facebook-owned Oculus Rift, to provide its tank operators with an unobstructed view of their surrounding landscape.
Jack Beasley was a tank wireless operator with the 24th Lancers.
Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has a new leak of radioactive water after workers overfilled a storage tank, its operator says.
Kirby Corp, the largest U.S. inland tank barge operator, said Thursday it is adding more capacity to its fleet that carries petrochemicals, gasoline and fertilizers.
