flail tank

noun

a type of armored tracked fighting vehicle with a motorized spinning drum with the longitudinal axis of the drum arranged horizontally, perpendicular to the motion of the tank, with flail chains attached to the front end, which can clear landmines and barbed wire by beating them to bits

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Meanings

nounflail tank (plural flail tanks)

plural flail tanks

  1. a type of armored tracked fighting vehicle with a motorized spinning drum with the longitudinal axis of the drum arranged horizontally, perpendicular to the motion of the tank, with flail chains attached to the front end, which can clear landmines and barbed wire by beating them to bits

Origin

From flail + tank; From the flail chains attached to the rotating drum attached to the tank.

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flail tank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flail%20tank

MLA

“flail tank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flail%20tank. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flail tank,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flail%20tank.

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