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... tank . ' The idea of a land ironclad was an old and very ob- vious one , which had been disliked and resisted by military people for many years . The substantial basis of the European armies of 1914 was still a comparatively inexpensive ...
... tank . ' The idea of a land ironclad was an old and very ob- vious one , which had been disliked and resisted by military people for many years . The substantial basis of the European armies of 1914 was still a comparatively inexpensive ...
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... tanks . Every bat- tle sees scores of these latter monsters put out of action . Now , even the primitive tank of 1917 cost , quite apart from the very high running expenses , something between thirty - five and fifty thousand dollars ...
... tanks . Every bat- tle sees scores of these latter monsters put out of action . Now , even the primitive tank of 1917 cost , quite apart from the very high running expenses , something between thirty - five and fifty thousand dollars ...
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