Below you will find example sentences with "battle tanks". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Battle Tanks in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: tanks
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 11
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 27.7 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "battle tanks" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as challenger 2 battle tanks, 2 main battle tanks to the, ukraine, main and leopard stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with think tanks, leopard tanks, first battle, think tanks, leopard tanks and fuel tanks, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with battle tanks
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Germany and Poland have pledged 28 highly advanced Leopard-II battle tanks, worth £5million each. (15 words)
French Leclerc main battle tanks fire during an exercise at a training range in Smardan, eastern Romania, Wednesday, Jan. (19 words)
Poland announced Wednesday that it will send Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine as countries step up their support for Kyiv. (20 words)
The ultimate goal is to provide Ukraine with a total of two battalions together with other countries, with France already having made its commitment public, along with Britain which will send Challenger 2 main battle tanks to the war zone. (40 words)
After months of hesitation, the U.S. said it will send 31 of its 70-ton Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine, and Germany announced it will dispatch 14 Leopard 2 tanks and allow other countries to do the same. (39 words)
Promised battle tanks last month, Ukraine is also desperate for fighter jets and longer-range missiles soon to nip any significant new Russian offensive in the bud and help turn the tide against Moscow’s far superior firepower. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
After months of hesitation, the U.S. said it will send 31 of its 70-ton Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine, and Germany announced it will dispatch 14 Leopard 2 tanks and allow other countries to do the same.
However, the latest Russian defence ministry statement said Russian forces had inflicted huge personnel losses on attacking Ukrainian forces and destroyed 28 tanks, including eight Leopard main battle tanks and 109 armoured vehicles.
But in an irony which its designers would have appreciated, today’s main battle tanks — what were once medium tanks — have grown a lot heavier.
Both sides have seen significant losses of heavy equipment in the 21 months of all-out war, and that has included stocks of main battle tanks (MBTs).
Despite these sound operational reasons for providing Ukraine with armour, the provision of Nato-designed main battle tanks presents some major challenges.
French Leclerc main battle tanks fire during an exercise at a training range in Smardan, eastern Romania, Wednesday, Jan.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has accused his critics of engaging in “a public bidding war according to the principle of battle tanks, submarines, battleships, who can offer more”.
German chancellor Olaf Scholz is under pressure to approve an increase in international military support for Kyiv by allowing the export of Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine.
Germany and Poland have pledged 28 highly advanced Leopard-II battle tanks, worth £5million each.
In another tweet, he wrote: “German main battle tanks, further broadening of defense support & training missions, green light for partners to supply similar weapons.
Poland announced Wednesday that it will send Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine as countries step up their support for Kyiv.
Promised battle tanks last month, Ukraine is also desperate for fighter jets and longer-range missiles soon to nip any significant new Russian offensive in the bud and help turn the tide against Moscow’s far superior firepower.
The appointment follows the resignation of Christine Lambrecht at a crucial time for the ministry, with Germany under intense pressure to send battle tanks to Ukraine.
The Biden administration announced in January that the Department of Defense would 31 M1 Abrams main battle tanks after saying a of MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missiles would be provided in December.
The country was the it was giving main battle tanks to Ukraine, apparently paving the way for several other countries which followed quickly behind, all apparently unwilling to be the first.
The first nation to pledge main battle tanks to Ukraine, generating an unstoppable momentum with Germany then sending their Leopard 2s, the United States their Abrams, and pledges from Poland, Spain, Canada and France.
The latest deliveries have featured the first round of US Abrams main battle tanks, 31 of which were authorized for Ukraine early this year.
The retired Russian commander's latest comments come as Britain has vowed to support Ukraine and supply it with 14 Challenger 2 battle tanks.
The UK announced earlier in March that it plans to send the shells to Ukraine for use with Challenger 2 battle tanks.
The ultimate goal is to provide Ukraine with a total of two battalions together with other countries, with France already having made its commitment public, along with Britain which will send Challenger 2 main battle tanks to the war zone.