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Word: crawdad (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1966-1966
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...Main Battle Tank of the '70s), is being developed jointly by the U.S. and West Germany in history's first two-nation collaboration on a major military weapon. It will be too heavy to swim, but will nonetheless be able to crawl under wa ter, like a crawdad, on river, lake or ocean beds, traverse steeply slanting terrain and raise its turret to peer over hills and walls. It is air-conditioned and insulated against atomic radiation. The first experimental model is scheduled for completion next summer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defense: Flying Belts, Swimming Tanks, Giant Muscles & Fast Foils | 7/15/1966 | See Source »

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