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An M-1A1 Abrams main battle tank arrives on a Saudi transport truck during Operation Desert Shield. The M-1A1 will replace the older M-1 tank on the front line

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An M-1A1 Abrams main battle tank arrives on a Saudi transport truck during Operation Desert Shield. The M-1A1 will replace the older M-1 tank on the front line

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD

Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Cumper

Release Status: Released to Public
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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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01/04/1992
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The U.S. National Archives
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