Below you will find example sentences with "light tank". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Light Tank in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 14
- Discovered as a combination around: tank
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 28.4 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 4 start, 6 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "light tank" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 28.4 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a true light tank and had, an amphibious light tank and soon, marder, may and french stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with light rail, think tank, light grey, think tank, tank destroyers and water tank, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with light tank
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
The M3 Light Tank, unsurprisingly, was a light tank, also dubbed the Stuart. (13 words)
The tank arm also contained large numbers of the T-70 light tank. (13 words)
VI light tank armed with 4 machine guns that was known as Light Tank AA Mk. (16 words)
The United States' XM360, which is planned to equip the Future Combat Systems Mounted Combat System light tank and may be the M1 Abrams ' next gun upgrade, is reportedly based on the XM291 and may include ETC technology, or portions of ETC technology. (43 words)
Glanfield, Devil's Chariots In 1916, the French pioneered the use of a full 360° rotation turret in a tank for the first time, with the creation of the Renault FT light tank, with the turret containing the tank's main armament. (42 words)
In October Patton briefly retired to California after being burned by an exploding gas lamp.sfn He returned from the expedition permanently in February 1917.sfn World War I Patton in France in 1918 with a Renault FT light tank. (40 words)
Example sentences (14)
Glanfield, Devil's Chariots In 1916, the French pioneered the use of a full 360° rotation turret in a tank for the first time, with the creation of the Renault FT light tank, with the turret containing the tank's main armament.
The M3 Light Tank, unsurprisingly, was a light tank, also dubbed the Stuart.
The PT-76 was an amphibious light tank, and soon there were demands that any U.S. light tank should be able to swim as well.
VI light tank armed with 4 machine guns that was known as Light Tank AA Mk.
The Germans created many examples of lightly armored self-propelled anti-tank guns using captured French equipment (example Marder I ), their own obsolete light tank chassis ( Marder II ), or ex-Czech chassis ( Marder III ).
The Laffly W15 TCC (Chasseur de char) was an attempt to quickly build a light tank destroyer by mounting a 47 mm SA37 anti-tank gun onto a lightly armored Laffly W15T artillery tractor.
The tank arm also contained large numbers of the T-70 light tank.
The need for a light tank, that is swift, agile and has better fire power, was felt for the first time during the Galwan face off with China in eastern Ladakh in May 2020.
Though, just like in the 1960s with the Sheridan, they don’t want to call it a light tank.
Army many The army had three infantry battalions and an engineer battalion in 1979, as well as a light tank squadron, a reconnaissance company, and an artillery battery.
In October Patton briefly retired to California after being burned by an exploding gas lamp.sfn He returned from the expedition permanently in February 1917.sfn World War I Patton in France in 1918 with a Renault FT light tank.
It served most notably as a primary weapon of the M551 Sheridan light tank, but the missile system was not issued to units serving in Vietnam.
The lifespan of the M41 was fairly short; at 25 tons it was considered too heavy to be a true light tank, and had a rather short cruising range.
The United States' XM360, which is planned to equip the Future Combat Systems Mounted Combat System light tank and may be the M1 Abrams ' next gun upgrade, is reportedly based on the XM291 and may include ETC technology, or portions of ETC technology.