tank battle
Armored vehicle clash
A tank battle is a military engagement fought primarily between armored vehicles, especially tanks.
The term evokes large-scale clashes of World War II and later conflicts: The tank battle at Kursk was the largest in history.
In gaming, tank battles are a popular genre simulating armored combat.
- turretProtruding fortified structure
- armor platingDefensive metal cladding
- smokeAirborne combustion byproduct
- Operation Desert Storm1991 allied Iraq offensive
- shellHard outer covering
blitzkrieg · desert terrain · reactive armor · flanking maneuver · counteroffensive · ambush tactics · envelopment · fire · kill zone · panzer · armored division · Kursk · tracks · open plains · pincer movement · enemy lines · blast · engine compartment
- combatfight, combat, unarmed combat, grappling, close combat
- Arab-Israeli WarsSix-Day War, Yom Kippur War, Suez Crisis, war of attrition, Israel
- Battle of the BulgeBastogne, Patton, McAuliffe, 101st Airborne, winter offensive
- South Asian Conflictssurgical strikes, militancy, insurgency, border disputes, artillery duels
- Yom Kippur WarYom Kippur War, Sinai Peninsula, Suez Canal, Israel, Syria
- warfarecombat, attack, war, armed conflict, military strategy
tank battlenaval battle
Armed clash between warships
sea battle · hand-to-hand combat · dogfight · cavalry charge · guerrilla warfare
tank battlepeace negotiations
Diplomatic talks ending conflict
ceasefire · armistice · peace treaty · peace · diplomatic summit
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