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tankette Mil. disused.|tæŋˈkɛt|
[f. tank n.7 + -ette.]
A small armoured vehicle designed to facilitate the movement of infantry across rough country.
1927[see dragon1 10]. 1927Observer 13 Nov. 19/5 The War Office sent a few tanks, tankettes and six-wheelers to perform. 1931G. le Q. Martel In Wake of Tank xi. 120 He produced a two-man machine with armour protection... These machines were called Tankettes at this time, and they were required to act as scouts. 1942Times (Weekly ed.) 2 Dec. 12 German barbarians pillaged Mikhailskoye collective farm, while they tied its chairman, an ardent Soviet patriot, to tankettes and tore him to pieces. |