T-34 – the Darling Among Tanks
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The U.S. military is sending an additional 2,500 ground combat troops to a staging base in Kuwait from which they could be called upon to back up coalition forces battling the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The deployment will include elements of the 82nd Airborne Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team, which is based at…
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