Command&Control Book 1: Unit 5 Tank

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Welcome

October 20th, 2022

Military English

Write down 3 positive things about your weekend, please! (capitals, full stops)

today

we'll learn about the tank

we'll be able to tell in English about it

What do you know about Guns?

What do you know about the new Howitzer (XM 1299 SPH)?

What is the range of the new cannon can hit targets?

1. What does the passage say about tanks?

1. They use smoothbore machine guns.
2. They use tracks to travel over rough land
3. They use three different types of weapons
4. They can aim their weapons automatically

What is the main use of the mounted machine gun, according to the passage?

1. to provide indirect fire
2. to attack other tanks
3. to attack vehicles with light armour
4. to fire upon ground troops

According to the passage , what is true of the M1 Abrams tank?

1. It has a 120-millimeter cannon
2. It attacks with chemical weapons.
3. It is an anti-personnel tank.
4. It does not use a mounted machine gun.

Assignment

finish the exercise 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 (on pages 8-9) 

• tank
• armored vehicle
• front-line warfare
• tracks
• obstacles
• turret
• firepower
• machine guns
• anti-personnel support

• tank
• gepantserd voertuig
• frontlinie oorloogsvoering
• rupsbanden
• obstakels
• torentje
• vuurkracht
• machinegeweren
• ondersteuning tegen mankrachten

• heavy armour
• hull
• combat zone
• smoothbore cannon
• chemical attack
• biological attack

• zwaar pantser 
• romp
• gevechtszone
• gladde kanon
• chemische aanval
• bilogische aanval

Have a nice week!