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An M60 main battle tank attached to the 1ST Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment advances along a road during amphibious Exercise KERNEL POTLATCH 86-1

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An M60 main battle tank attached to the 1ST Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment advances along a road during amphibious Exercise KERNEL POTLATCH 86-1

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Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL POTLATCH 86-1

Base: Naval Station, Adak

State: Alaska (AK)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Paul Pappas

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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01/07/1986
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The U.S. National Archives
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