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Good News for NATO: France Is Upgrading Its Tank Arsenal
France is now the latest member of the international alliance that could see its tank fleet greatly expanded. It isn't ...
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At the Battle of the Bulge, this tank commander wouldn't back down
France, the largest American tank battle of the war prior to the Battle of the Bulge. With the inevitably impending surrender of the 106th's two full infantry regiments on the Schnee Eifel ...
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Main Battle Tanks
France is now the latest member of the international alliance that could see its tank fleet greatly expanded. It isn't actually ordering new vehicles, but will significantly upgrade the MBTs ...
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The US Army once used ‘battle sleds’ to ferry soldiers in World War II
Battle sleds. Brig. Gen. John W. O’Daniel, commander of the 3rd Division, had an idea. Why not have tanks pull soldiers ... when the Allies pushed into southern France. Sign up for Task ...
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Battle of the Bulge
The battle that ensued ... and nearly 1,000 tanks launched Adolf Hitler's last bid to reverse the ebb in his fortunes that had begun when Allied troops landed in France on D-Day.
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75 years ago, US soldiers spent their first days in Europe fighting 'the other Battle of the Bulge'
Operation Nordwind, sometimes called "the other Battle of the Bulge" kicked off on New Year's Eve 1944 in the Alsace region of France ... and panzer forces with tanks and self-propelled guns ...
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France orders 100 upgraded Leclerc XLR tanks
The Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA), the French defence procurement agency, announced on 28 January that it had ordered 100 more upgraded Leclerc XLR main ...