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The Digger D-3 Eats Landmines For Breakfast (Literally)

Landmines are simple but ridiculously effective and obnoxiously long-lived devices — often killing and maiming civilians long after the end of conflict. The Digger D-3 aims to de-mine the world’s war zones one mine at a time.

June 22, 2011
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This Tank Shooting In Super-Slow Motion Is Absolutely Insane

18,000 frames per second. That’s what it takes to make one of the most destructive forces in the battlefield turn from fire-spitting hate dragon to beautiful. If you are not convinced, take a look at this other angle:

June 15, 2011
Science

Libyan Rebels Turn Power Wheels Toy Into Tiny Killer Robot Tank

You know the little Power Wheels-style ATV your kid uses to drive across the lawn? it turns out that it makes a great machine gun drone in the hands of Libyan rebel and structural engineer Mohammad Bin Saud.

June 6, 2011
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An Overturned Army Tank Is A Treadmill For Olympic Athletes

They wanted to use an American tank, but weren’t allowed – that’s why the American team exhibiting at the Venice Biennale used an overturned British tank for their treadmill masterpiece, Track and Field, instead.

May 16, 2011
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Half Volkswagen Bus, Half Studebaker Tank, All Awesome

Have you always wanted a tank that looked like a Volkswagen bus? We didn’t either, that is of course until we saw pictures of this one. Who would have thought the combination of a 1945 Studebaker Weasel Tank and a bay window Volkswagen bus would work so well together? Currently for sale at a car dealer with California, we are left with a lot of questions about the creation of the Bus/Tank and no answers.

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Cats In Tanks Wreak Pure Havoc

Finally! Proof that cats, given tanks, would love nothing more than to kill us all. Seriously. I’m just curious as to how their tiny paws made that kind of firepower. Did you see that poor woman disintegrate? [The Mary Sue]

May 11, 2011
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Mexican Drug Cartel Builds Its Own Tank

The war in northern Mexico between drug cartels and the Mexican government has raged for 4.5 years, with little end in sight – especially with the cartels starting to build tanks like this one, nicknamed “El Monstruo 2011“.

May 6, 2011
Gadgets

Wanna Wear A $US8000 Tank On Your Wrist?

The Azimuth SP-1 Landship watch is… conspicuous. In fact, it’s built to resemble a primitive WWI tank! So, it may not be a fancy golden Cartier affair, but if you’re into the tough-as-nails look, (and are rich!), it may tempt.

April 30, 2011
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How Do You Kill A Tank Without Killing Civilians?

Concrete bombs. France has been dropping 300kg concrete-filled training bombs on Libyan tanks to crush them while minimising collateral damage, since “there is no, or very little, shrapnel thrown out,” according to French military spokesman Thierry Burkhard.

March 5, 2011
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This Soviet Tank Cemetery Is Where All The Zombie Soldiers Sleep

Back in the end of the 1960s, NATO forces had only 13,000 tanks versus the Warsaw Pact’s estimated 42,500. The Red Army tank force was formidable in both number and capability.

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