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  Tetrarch -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A tetrarch is a Greek term that strictly identifies one of four governors of a divided (The proper sphere or extent of your activities) province.
Herod the tetrarch had the title of king (Matt.
Herod and Phasael, the sons of Antipater, were the first tetrarchs in Palestine.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/te/tetrarch.htm   (90 words)

  
 Tank at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The first prototype tank was tested for the British Army for the first time on September 6, 1915, and used in combat for the first time at the Battle of the Somme, 15 September 1916.
Paradoxically a tank is usually in its safest state when the commander is in a personally unsafe position, riding in the open, head out of the turret, with no personal protection save his helmet and a flack jacket.
Since an immobilized tank is an easy target for mortars, artillery and the usual specialized tank hunting units of the enemy forces, speed is normally kept to a minimum and every occasion is seized upon to move tanks on wheeled tank transporters and on railways, instead of on their own power.
wiki.tatet.ru /en/Tank.html   (2212 words)

  
 Bible Query from Luke
Acts 13:1 says that among the prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch was Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the Tetrarch.
A: The Greek word "tetra" means "four", and the ruler of Galilee was called a Tetrarch, because he ruled over one of the four regions.
The Germans were among the most educated people on earth, and their airplane, dive-bomber, missile, tank, and coal technology were the best in the world.
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 Brimstones
Tank - The Progress of a Monstrous War Machine
Tank Action, from the Great War to the Gulf
Tanks across the Desert - the War Diary of Jake Wardrop
www.brimstones.co.uk /onlinebookshop/user/html/titles/t.html   (2180 words)

  
 Britain's Armored Cars   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Mk I, Matilda I (A11), Mk II, Matilda (A12) Mk III, Valentine Mk IV, Churchill (A22) Valiant Infantry Tank (A38)
Mk I: Used turret that was used on Tetrarch tank.
Another steering wheel and controls were available to the commander to drive to the rear.
www.wwiivehicles.com /unitedkingdom/armoured_car/armored_cars.html   (1100 words)

  
 Books about World War II
Airborne Armour: Tetrarch, Locust, Hamilcar and the 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment 1938-50 by Keith Flint
Brazen Chariots: An Account of Tank Warefare in the Western Desert, November-December 1941 by Robert Crisp
Bread and Rice: An American Woman's Fight to Survive in the Jungles and Prison Camps of the WWII Philippines by Macauley Doris
home.att.net /~newbooks/WWIIbooks.html   (7024 words)

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