It was the biggest tank battle Hostile_encounter of the Iran–Iraq War Hostile_encounter .

The Iranians blundered into the ambush and the two tank forces battled Hostile_encounter for four days in a sea of mud .

The seals ' failure caused Causation a breach in the SRB joint , allowing Preventing_or_letting pressurized burning gas from within the solid rocket motor to reach Arriving the outside and impinge upon the adjacent SRB aft field joint Collaboration attachment hardware and external fuel tank .

This led to Causation the separation Forming_relationships of the right-hand SRB 's aft field joint Collaboration attachment and the structural failure of the external tank .

Its 75 mm gun continued to do damage Damaging until 16:00 , when a modified Change Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers ( AVRE ) tank fired Use_firearm a large Petard bomb Attack into its rear entrance .

A second casemated emplacement at La Rivière containing an 88 mm gun was neutralised by a tank at 07:30 .

In Whangaruru Harbour , Northland , a samaritan act accounted Causation for another Bola fatality Killing when an elderly male long time resident of Rapata road Oakura Bay attempted to tie Connect down a neighbours empty water tank .

While a small proportion of the deaths Death appeared to have resulted Causation from artillery and tank rounds used Using against Taldou , the U.N. later announced Expressing_publicly that most of the massacre Killing 's victims had been `` summarily executed Killing in two separate incidents Catastrophe '' .

The hard fought Hostile_encounter battles were against well-armed insurgents , who held Hold fast and retaliated Revenge with 107mm rockets but eventually withdrew Escaping under a barrage of British mortar , tank , and missile fire .

at 07:40 on the morning of 15 august 1953 , the 07:20 electric train from bury collided with the unk steam passenger train to bacup hauled Self_motion by a class 4p 2-6-4 tank engine .

The maneuver Military_operation is taught Education_teaching in military colleges around the world as an example of a blitzkrieg-like offensive Attack executed Action before the advent Coming_to_be of tank warfare .

This was the only offensive Attack in which for the first time in the war Hostile_encounter , all 6 elite Soviet tank armies had participated Participation at the same time .

The freight train was formed Coming_to_be ( from the London end ) of a hopper wagon , a pannier tank steam locomotive , a brake van , an empty bogie flatcar , and a bogie flatcar loaded with Land Rover vehicles .

After a brief exchange of fire , both bridges were captured Conquering and then defended Defending against tank , gunboat and infantry counter-attacks , until relief arrived Arriving .

The offensive established Creating a short-lived bridgehead , evacuated Removing in panic two days after the operation commenced Process_start , under tank and mortar fire from the Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) deployed Arranging north of Glina .

The Germans ' initial attack Attack involved Cause_to_be_included 410,000 men ; just over 1,400 tanks , tank destroyers , and assault guns ; 2,600 artillery pieces ; 1,600 anti-tank guns ; and over 1,000 combat aircraft , as well as large numbers of other armored fighting Hostile_encounter vehicles ( AFVs ) .

Jonathan D. Halevi of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs , an Israeli think Perception_active tank and advocacy organisation , said Communication that printed Publishing flyers from Palestinian Islamic Jihad and its associated websites named Name_conferral five members of the Samouni extended Change_event_time family as being affiliated with the group in some role .

The transport Bringing was carrying Bringing eight crew members , 13 passengers and two tank diesel engines in need of repairs .

Next day a combined Cause_to_amalgamate infantry , tank and aircraft operation Military_operation inflicted Bodily_harm many casualties Death on the defenders and forced Causation the survivors to surrender Surrendering , after which the village was occupied Control and consolidated Cause_change_of_strength .

On 16 February 2013 , at least 91 people were killed Killing and 190 injured Bodily_harm after a bomb hidden Hiding_objects in a water tank exploded Attack at a market in Hazara Town on the outskirts of Quetta , the capital city of Balochistan , Pakistan .

It is notable for being the first occasion on which tanks fought Hostile_encounter against each other ; it was the biggest and most successful tank action of the German army in the First World War .

The two Mark IV females were damaged Damaging and forced to withdraw Escaping but the male tank , armed with 6-pounder guns , hit Attack and disabled Destroying the lead A7V , which was then abandoned GiveUp by its crew .

The report 's conclusion was that the probable cause Causation of the accident was explosion Attack of flammable fuel vapors in the center fuel tank .

Problems with the aircraft 's wiring were found Know , including evidence of arcing in the Fuel Quantity Indication System ( FQIS ) wiring that enters the tank .

As a result of the investigation Criminal_investigation , new requirements were developed Coming_to_be for aircraft to prevent Preventing_or_letting future fuel tank explosions .

at least one historian has called Name_conferral the operation the largest tank battle Hostile_encounter that the british army has ever fought Hostile_encounter .

The fire spread Dispersal to the fuel tank and weakened Cause_change_of_strength the wing structure so that a large part of the left wing broke Destroying away and the aircraft crashed Catastrophe .

On 18 November 1941 , the Eighth Army launched Process_start a surprise attack Attack but the British armoured force became Becoming dispersed and suffered Bodily_harm 530 tank losses against Axis losses of about 100 tanks up to 22 November .

at sidi rezegh , on 23 november , the 5th south african brigade was destroyed Destroying by german tanks and artillery after inflicting many german tank casualties .

The following day the British units joined Becoming_a_member forces and the 9th Battalion , Durham Light Infantry , with tank support Supporting , attempted to recapture Conquering the bridge .

The Indian government and local activists argue Quarreling that slack management and deferred Change_event_time maintenance created Creating a situation where routine pipe maintenance caused Causation a backflow of water into a MIC tank , triggering Causation the disaster Catastrophe .

Union Carbide Corporation ( UCC ) argues Quarreling water entered Arriving the tank through an act of sabotage .

2 engine ( on the port side nearest the fuselage ) had disintegrated Change , causing Causation extensive damage Damaging to the nacelle , wing , fuel system , landing Self_motion gear , flight controls Control , engine controls Control , and a fire in a fuel tank that self-extinguished .