Command&Control Unit 5 Tank

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Welcome

Military English

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

today

We'll learn about the tank and

we'll be able to talk about it in English.

tanks
in one word

Are tanks difficult to use?

Why would a soldier choose to use a tank instead of a different type of weaponry?

• 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

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.

Have a nice week!