a type of armoredtracked 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
flail + tank; From the flail chains attached to the rotating drum attached to the tank
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