Word: tankful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week there were other and more striking indications that the Army has realized that in its haste to acquire new striking power in the tank and the airplane it had underestimated the role of the infantry - and neglected its development on a large enough scale...
Actually the infantryman of today comes nearer to being a man of all weapons. Except for the airplane, the tank and the artillery, the infantry uses most of the weapons in the arsenal of a modern army: not only the rifle and bayonet but the Tommy gun, machine gun, mortar, hand and rifle grenades, bazooka, flame thrower, good-sized anti-tank artillery...
...McNair: "It takes the man with the rifle, the bayonet and the grenade, dragging his weary feet after him ... to get in there with guts and brains. He has to put the finishing touches, the copper-riveted handiwork, on the craftsmanship of the air force, the artillery and the tank corps...
...Risk. In Los Angeles, a 16-ton Army tank tangled with a civilian sedan...
Damage to the car: $800. Damage to the tank...