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An abandoned Russian T-55B MBT (Main Battle Tank) lies in ruin in a spot near Bagram Air Base (AB), Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. It's a remnant of the former Soviet occupation of the area in the 1980s

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An abandoned Russian T-55B MBT (Main Battle Tank) lies in ruin in a spot near Bagram Air Base (AB), Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. It's a remnant of the former Soviet occupation of the area in the 1980s

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Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott T. Sturkol, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Tanks in mass culture. Tanks were first developed separately and simultaneously by Great Britain and France as a means to break the deadlock of trench warfare on the Western Front. Their first use in combat was by the British Army in September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. The name "tank" was adopted by the British during the early stages of their development, as a security measure to conceal their purpose.

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1980 - 1989
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The U.S. National Archives
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