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September 29, 1918
This diorama shows the 301st Heavy Tank Battalion crushing the barbed wire defenses of the Hindenburg Line. As the tank slowly advances, German soldiers with their machine-gun are attempting to disable the tank. Their ammo bearer has been killed before he could reach the safety of the shell hole. The German soldiers are targeting the tank's vision slits, hoping to injure or kill the tank crew. The tank gunners are using their British Portative six pound cannons are firing at the distant concrete bunkers of the Hindenburg Line. |