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| 16 | [[caption-width-right:345:[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Pierce the heavens with your DRILL!]]]] |
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| 18 | ->''It would be the greatest mining vehicle ever constructed: fifty feet long and fully mechanized, powered by compressed steam. It would boast three primary drilling and cutting heads, positioned at the front of the craft; and a system of spiral shoveling devices mounted along the back and sides would scoop the bored-through ice, rocks, or earth back out of the drilling path. Carefully weighted and meticulously reinforced, this machine could drill in an almost perfect vertical or horizontal path, depending on the whims of the man in the driver’s seat. Its precision would be unprecedented, and its power would set the standard for all such devices to come.'' |
| 19 | -->-- ''[[Literature/ClockworkCentury Boneshaker]]'' |
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| 21 | The concept is simple, really. A tracked vehicle with one or more great big [[ThisIsADrill drills]] bolted onto the front. What it is varies. Theoretically, this may be intended as a mining and/or tunneling vehicle, and indeed, many of them do use them to tunnel beneath the earth. Others use them to break through walls and other barriers. Quite a few of them are used directly against enemies. There is an occasional variant in the form of a Drill ''Jet'', which is exactly what it sounds like. |
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| 23 | Given the status of drills in the SuperRobotGenre, any {{Combining|Mecha}} Super Robot has a good chance of having one of these as a component. |
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| 25 | SubTrope of TankGoodness. Often involves FastTunnelling. Connected to ThisIsADrill. |
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| 27 | !!Examples: |
| 28 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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| 30 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 31 | * The Subterranean Tank that appears in both the original & 2003 incarnations of ''Anime/AstroBoy''. Strangely the story is completely different in each version. Originally it was a weapon made by an evil dictator. In the newer one it was created for an underground expedition backed by a wealthy financier. |
| 32 | * A ''Anime/BraveSeries'' tradition, since all have at least some sort of drill tank. Most of them (save Kaiser 2 and Drill Gao) can transform into a robot: |
| 33 | ** ''Anime/BraveExkaiser'': Drill Max, which can merge into God Max's legs. |
| 34 | ** ''Anime/TheBraveFighterOfSunFighbird'': Drill Baron, which can merge into the Thunder Jet's nose, and Thunder Baron's left arm. |
| 35 | ** ''Anime/TheBraveFighterOfLegendDaGarn'': Drill Lander, which can merge into Land Bison's arms. |
| 36 | ** ''Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine'' has two: The Kaiser 2, which can merge into Might Kaiser's arm and Great Might Gaine's forearm; and Drill Diver, which can merge into Guard Diver's right leg / part of Guard Diver's train form. |
| 37 | ** ''Anime/BravePoliceJDecker'': [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball Soccer]] Detective Drill Boy, which transforms into a drill tank and a drill jet, and serves as the extra parts to transform Build Tiger into Super Build Tiger. |
| 38 | ** ''Anime/TheBraveOfGoldGoldran'': Drill Silver, which can merge Silverion / God Silverion's legs. |
| 39 | ** ''Anime/BraveCommandDagwon'': Dag Drill, which can change into a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JNR_Class_C62 Class C62]] train, a ''drill train'', and serves as the extra parts to transform Liner Dagwon into Super Liner Dagwon. |
| 40 | ** ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'': Drill Gao / Drill Gao II, which can merge into [=GaoGaiGar=] / [=GaoFighGar=]'s legs. The [=Genesic GaoGaiGar=] upgrade from ''Anime/GaoGaiGarFINAL'' reimagines them as [[AnimalMecha robotic moles]]. |
| 41 | * ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'': In the final episode of Bubblegum Crash the villain uses a massive tunneling machine in his plot to destroy Megatokyo. This one uses lasers to drill. |
| 42 | * Battle Craft in ''Anime/CombattlerV'' |
| 43 | * ''Anime/DennouBoukenkiWebdiver'' has Ortorion, a robotic [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthrus Orthrus]] which transforms into a drill tank. Its twin brother [[{{Hellhound}} Kerberion]] can transform into a saw tank, and both of them can join into the humanoid [[{{Golem}} Golemon]]. |
| 44 | * ''Anime/DICE2005'' has the Monocrawler, a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoclonius Monoclonius]]-based vehicle usually used for heavy-duty rescues. |
| 45 | * ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' |
| 46 | ** Both the titular robot cat and his sister, Dorami, have drill-tipped vehicles featured in more than one adventure, notably when Dorami bring out hers to explore a hidden underground city. |
| 47 | ** The climax of ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheSpaceHeroes'' have the villain Hyde using a drill-tipped tunneling vehicle in an attempt to grind Doraemon, Suneo and Aron into shreds. Suneo, gaining GadgeteerGenius powers thanks to Doraemon's gadgets, managed to counter Hyde by grabbing a bunch of random junk and turning them into a rocket ship in ''seconds''. |
| 48 | * Played in ''Manga/GetterRobo'''s Getter Jaguar component, which fits the "Land" part of the LandSeaSky trio, but is otherwise a standard jet. However, Getter 2, the combination where Jaguar takes the lead, has a [[ThisIsADrill prominent drill arm]] and can burrow underground; and it also serves as the tank-like lower half of the Getter 3. |
| 49 | ** Also featured in ''[[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Robo Go]]'', where they're dropped from bombers and used to attack underground bases. |
| 50 | * The G-Driller in ''Anime/{{Gravion}}'' is a double-drill tank that forms the titular robot's forearms. They even come with a pair of turrets/{{Arm Cannon}}s for extra firepower. As Gravion is capable of using a RocketPunch, they soon figured out to combine the two. |
| 51 | * ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' has a HumongousMecha example with the [[http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/msv/ems-05.htm Agg,]] a Zeon machine which was designed to tunnel into TheFederation's ElaborateUndergroundBase headquarters. The design never actually appeared in the ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' anime[[note]]A RetCon established that Char Aznable found a secret entrance that rendered the Agg unnecessary[[/note]] but has popped up in later video games. |
| 52 | * The titular hero of ''Anime/HurricanePolymar'' can morph himself in various vehicles, and the Polymar Drill form certainly fits the description. |
| 53 | * Rod Drill in ''Toys/MachineRobo''. |
| 54 | ** Also, Drill Robo in ''Toys/MachineRobo Rescue''. |
| 55 | * ''Anime/NeoHumanCasshern'': [[RobotDog Friender]] is able to transform into several vehicles, including a tunneling tank with a big drill on the front. |
| 56 | * Team Rocket from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' have used these on occasion, often to nab Pokémon from below or make their getaway escape. Majorily themed around Dugtrio. |
| 57 | * One of ''Anime/ProjectBlueEarthSOS'''s retrofuturistic vehicles is the Super Mole, a fully armed drill tank. It was one of the many inventions that appeared in the original 1948 illustrated novel, making it a prime RaygunGothic example. |
| 58 | * The Magma Swimmer employed in episode 27 of ''Manga/SgtFrog''. |
| 59 | * Lala of ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' builds one of these to find her own hot spring. She finds one, and inadvertently saves the world from a mole civilization by flooding them all. |
| 60 | * In ''Anime/TransformersEnergon'', one of Optimus Prime's [[CombiningMecha mini-vehicles]] is a drill-tank. Oddly enough, when Prime {{combin|ingMecha}}ed with them for his Super Mode, the drill would be used as a ''leg'', rather than an arm. A few episodes into the series, the animators realized this, and the drill switched to an arm from then on. |
| 61 | ** Drill-tanks are also the vehicle modes of several Transformers, including Galvatron from ''Anime/BeastWarsII'', and Menasor from ''Anime/TransformersCybertron''. |
| 62 | * ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'': This ''Anime/MazingerZ'' sequel provides the Drill Spazer, a vehicle with ''two'' drills bolted on the front. When it {{combin|ingMecha}}es with Grendizer, the eponymous [[HumongousMecha giant robot]] is able to move and fight underground. |
| 63 | * Labyrinth Tank from the ''Anime/YuGiOh'' series, which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, a tank in a labyrinth with drills in its drill. |
| 64 | [[/folder]] |
| 65 | |
| 66 | [[folder:Asian Animation]] |
| 67 | * In ''Animation/HappyHeroes'', Smart S.'s Car Knight in vehicle form is a drill tank. |
| 68 | [[/folder]] |
| 69 | |
| 70 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 71 | * ''ComicStrip/DieBakuninis'' have one for anarchist criminal purposes: It is designed to break into the vault of a bank. However, the underground structure which the Bakuninis expect to be the vault turns out to be a [[{{Squick}} waste water reservoir]]. |
| 72 | * In the original ''ComicBook/{{Barbarella}}'' comics by Jean-Claude Forest, our heroine briefly gets her hands on a subterrene which she uses to move from one adventure to another. The one time such a device would actually come in useful ([[CuttingTheKnot to get through a labyrinth by drilling beneath it]]), the guards blast it into rubble before Barbarella can get to it. |
| 73 | * ''ComicBook/TheBlackSapper'' appeared in various British comics, as a text story and later as a comic strip, from the late 1920s until the 1970s, making this at least OlderThanTelevision. Sapper's mole had no tracks, or any other visible means of moving itself except the drill heads. |
| 74 | * Calvin "Cave" Carson, a classic DC Comics adventurer who still appears once in a while, is a spelunker (hence the nickname) who uses vehicles with giant drills to tunnel into the Earth's crust and such. Recently revived in ''ComicBook/CaveCarsonHasACyberneticEye''. |
| 75 | * MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Daredevil's enemy [[YellowPeril the Claw]] had one of these, capable of drilling from the Pacific islands to the eastern United States. |
| 76 | * ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': The Mole Man, given his theme and gimmick, makes extensive use of these. |
| 77 | * The Chinese teach Mazer Rackham's squad how to operate their drill tanks in ''Literature/FormicWars: Burning Earth''. |
| 78 | * In ''ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel'', the G.I. Joe Team keeps one as an EscapePod should their ElaborateUndergroundBase, the Pit, be destroyed. When the mostly-vacant Pit ''is'' destroyed amidst a Cobra invasion, Cobra Commander and Destro use it to get out. |
| 79 | * ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'': Gina Diggers has a {{transforming|Mecha}} Drill Tank in more recent issues. It's named [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars Gespenst]]. |
| 80 | * The ''ComicBook/FixUndFoxi'' spin-off ''Lupos tolle Touren'' has one in the second issue which [[TheMafia the Mofia]] wants to use to break into a big casino in UsefulNotes/Monaco. GadgeteerGenius Einstein modifies it so that it can run on the excavated material, but he also reprograms its course so that it resurfaces in England and basically hands the crooks right over to the authorities. |
| 81 | * ''ComicBook/{{Terra}}'': Richard Faulkner is developing a large drill to sell to the government for military and scientific use. After his transfomation he uses it to crash through the ceiling of the UndergroundCity Strata and nearly destroy it. |
| 82 | * ''ComicBook/Transformers2019'': Nosecone of the Technobots actually uses his drill as a weapon, fairly unusual for the franchise. When his teammate Afterburner was attacked by Bludgeon, Nosecone suddenly came up through the ground and impaled the rogue bot with his drill. |
| 83 | [[/folder]] |
| 84 | |
| 85 | [[folder:Films -- Animated]] |
| 86 | * The Digger from ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire''. |
| 87 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'': The Underminer appears riding one of these. In [[WesternAnimation/Incredibles2 the sequel]] it's shown to have an escape pod which is a second, smaller drill tank. |
| 88 | [[/folder]] |
| 89 | |
| 90 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 91 | * The drilling machine in ''Film/AtTheEarthsCore'' is the best special effect in the film. The dinosaurs are very much of the B-movie variety, but the drilling machine looks awesome. |
| 92 | * Important to the plot of the movie ''Film/BattleBeneathTheEarth'' is the usage of laser drill vehicles by both the [[RenegadeRussian rogue]] [[YellowPeril Chinese general and his army]] and [[AmericaSavesTheDay the Americans]] to burrow underground and plant nuclear weapons on strategic locations that will destroy the United States (and the fight to stop said placing). While the Americans' laser drill is a prototype that craps out real quick, the Chinese drill is a perfect example of this trope, heavily armored and capable of using said lasers to [[OneHitKill insta-kill]] people. |
| 93 | * Although strictly speaking it's drill-less, the ship used in ''Film/TheCore''. Its drill in this case is a superlaser assembly at the front. |
| 94 | * ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseofCobra'' uses these as well |
| 95 | * ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'': |
| 96 | ** The Gotengo[=/=]Atragon from ''Film/{{Atragon}}'' is a [[MilitaryMashupMachine submarine[=/=]battleship[=/=]aircraft[=/=]rocket]] which can also travel underground with its drill, fitting this trope. Noticeably, the ship from the original novel was "merely" a submarine-battleship hybrid with a spinning ram, so the Gotengo's association with tunnelling in further appearances originates from this movie. |
| 97 | ** The [[{{Robeast}} robot mole]] Moguera from ''Film/TheMysterians'' is an humanoid-shaped drill tank. It's more obvious in early materials, since its caterpillar tread-like torso had originally [[https://wikizilla.org/w/images/0/0b/Moguera01.JPG visible wheels on its sides]] and it was seemingly designed to roll [[https://wikizilla.org/w/images/4/46/Moguera_caterpillar_track_model.jpg according to an unused prop]]. |
| 98 | ** In ''Film/GodzillaVsSpaceGodzilla'', the redesigned MOGUERA's upper half transforms into Land Moguera, which uses MOGUERA's drill nose and laser-firing arms to burrow. |
| 99 | * Two of the Rehabilitation "monster trucks" in ''Film/{{Idiocracy}}''. |
| 100 | * Happens in ''Film/JackbootsOnWhitehall''. ThoseWackyNazis drill a tunnel under the English channel using a drill mounted on the front of a panzer. |
| 101 | * Featured in ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}''. |
| 102 | * ''Franchise/TheMatrix'': In the last two installments, the machines drill their way down to [[LaResistance Zion]] in order to avoid the defence lines. |
| 103 | * The mining vehicle from the original ''Film/TotalRecall1990''. |
| 104 | * [[EvilGenius Shockwave]] from ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'' actually rides in a large Cybertronian drill tank [[SandWorm worm]]. |
| 105 | [[/folder]] |
| 106 | |
| 107 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 108 | * ''Literature/ClockworkCentury'': Unfortunately, we never actually see the device in action, but Dr. Blue's "Incredible Bone-Shaking Drill Engine" is the 'title character' of ''Boneshaker''. A massive mobile drill created in 1860s Seattle to drill through the ice for the Russian government, [[spoiler:its inventor instead uses his creation to loot several underground bank vaults, creating massive subsidence and accidentally releasing an underground gas that turns people into zombies]]. |
| 109 | * ''Breakfast at Twilight'' by Creator/PhilipKDick makes mention of "the snake", a long personnel carrier with caterpillar tracks and a "boring snout" that enables it to burrow through the [[WorldWarIII ruins of a nuclear-devastated United States]]. |
| 110 | * A 1946 short story, "The Last Objective" by Paul Carter, features very large subterrene drill tanks the size of oceangoing warships -- "underground cruisers" -- in a post-apocalyptic world in which the surface has been rendered uninhabitable by atomic bombs but the survivors continue to futilely battle it out underground. |
| 111 | * Deconstructed in ''The Log'' by Creator/CraigCharles and Russell Bell, which details a late 21st-century project to build "Mole Tanks" which could attack the enemy from behind. Unfortunately, a) they were guided by sat-nav systems, which didn't work underground, b) they kept running into things like granite escarpments which even diamond-tipped drills couldn't break through, and c) heating due to friction had a nasty tendency to cook their crews alive. 500 were deployed, of which 35 emerged in random spots around the world and 463 were never seen again. The other two emerged beneath enemy lines and achieved a great victory over two one-legged peasants and a guy with a particularly vicious-looking catapult. |
| 112 | * {{Discussed|Trope}} at least as early as 1941 in the militaristic short story ''Mirai no Chika Sensha-chĹŤ'' ("The Future Underground Tank Commander"), in which a sixteen-year-old boy realizes his ludicrous dream of designing an underground tank after learning about basic engineering, mineralogy, physics and budget principles. After an early cutter head-equipped sketch and an unsuccessful cigar-like prototype, the final result is a contraption with three drills riddled with conveyor belts,[[note]]While the final design supposedly solves problems such as torque loss, vehicle movement, or soil displacement, it still omits some glaring design problems, like the [[GravityIsAHarshMistress lack of reinforced structures keeping the tunnel from collapse]], the massive [[ConvectionSchmonvection heat generation which would be kept underground]], or [[FastTunnelling how slow]] such a vehicle would likely be... Ironically, it is also the least plausible design of the three, since the first and second designs have a slight resemblance to a tunnel-boring machine.[[/note]] which is conveniently dispatched just before a foreign invasion. |
| 113 | * The "iron mole" that delivers David Innes and Abner Perry to Pellucidar in Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs' ''Literature/{{Pellucidar}}'' series. |
| 114 | * The dygos in ''Literature/ThePendragonAdventure'', where they're used by the Rokador of Zadaa to make their ElaborateUndergroundBase home. |
| 115 | * A {{Steampunk}} version shows up in ''Literature/{{Stormslayer}}'', with Brokk the dwarf offering the hero a ride in his drilling vehicle called the "Mole" to explore an underground cavern. |
| 116 | * In the ''Literature/{{Tunnels}}'' series, the Coprolites use drill tanks to excavate the tunnels of their expansive civilization BeneathTheEarth. One of the heroes later steals one to break through the walls of a reinforced bunker. |
| 117 | * A burrowing machine (that is never actually completed) forms part of the plot of the very strange science fiction novel ''Literature/{{Twilight of the Vilp}}'' by Paul Ableman. |
| 118 | [[/folder]] |
| 119 | |
| 120 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 121 | * One of the vehicles from ''Series/DenkouChoujinGridman''/''Series/SuperhumanSamuraiSyberSquad'' called Twin Driller/Borr. |
| 122 | * One of them is used in an episode of ''Series/{{Eureka}}''. |
| 123 | * A variant in ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' with the drill-capable elevator on Katratzi. |
| 124 | * ''Series/KamenRiderDenO''; The lead car of Kamen Rider Zeronos' CoolTrain has a giant bull head that can flip around to reveal a drill. |
| 125 | * The first five ''Series/MetalHeroes'' had these in some form. |
| 126 | ** ''Series/SpaceSheriffGavan'' had Scoopers, a bifurcated drill tank. |
| 127 | ** ''Series/SpaceSheriffSharivan'' had Mogriran, a single drill tank. |
| 128 | ** ''Series/SpaceSheriffShaider'' had Battle Shaian, which was the bottom part of the Shaian tank, the upper part split into a CoolShip; he calls for it from his bigger CoolShip when he needs to break into a fortified / underground enemy base. Upon making a breach, he fires a couple of missiles before disembarking and assaulting on foot. This cop doesn't believe in flashbangs. |
| 129 | *** In ''Series/VRTroopers'', they get one of these in the second season (when the ''Shaider'' footage began usage). Strangely, it seems ''every EvilPlan ever'' suddenly requires something to be made in one of these underground facilities before the facility is destroyed in [[StockFootage precisely the same fashion]] as last week's. |
| 130 | ** ''Series/KyojuuTokusouJuspion'' had Garbin Tank; the part in the middle split into a CoolShip too. |
| 131 | ** ''Series/JikuuSenshiSpielban'' had Drill Gaios, which was the Gaios tank with a drill turbine exposed in the center; the cabin could transform into a CoolShip and ShoutOut to the [[Franchise/StarWars X-Wing]]. (This was also used in ''VR Troopers'', but as an assault tank and fighter jet mainly; the drill portion was only used a couple of times.) |
| 132 | ** ''Series/TokusouRoboJanperson'' has the Drill Jaycar, one of the variable cockpits of the Dark Jaycar which can be indepentdently used as a small drill pod. |
| 133 | * The Drill Driver of ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'', and its ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' counterpart [[Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger GoGo Drill]]. Far from the first, and probably far from the last. |
| 134 | ** Black Mask's mech, Masky Drill, of ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman.'' |
| 135 | ** [=GoZyu=] Drill from ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'', the default form of [[SixthRanger GokaiSilver's]] personal mecha [=GoZyuJin=]. Technically speaking, it's actually a Drill Jet,[[note]]Since it represents the true power of the ''Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger'', it's based off of their own Time Jets[[/note]] but in practice it hovers low to the ground and generally acts like a Drill Tank (presumably because having it fly in every battle would make production costs skyrocket). |
| 136 | ** Kiramai Silver's personal mecha, Mashin Drijan, in ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager.'' |
| 137 | * ''Series/StargateSG1'' had an episode featuring one of these, built by aliens somewhere on the DieselPunk [[TechnologyLevels stage of technological development]]. And designed by Jonas Quinn, in his final appearance. It actually turns out to not work particularly well at a critical moment, and much [[RuleOfDrama tension]] ensues. |
| 138 | * The Mole in ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' is one of these, and is probably the most famous example to come from the United Kingdom; it rolls into place on the surface atop a trolley with a set of caterpillar tracks, which then tilts it forward so it can begin drilling into the ground. It also has caterpillar tracks mounted on its side to quickly return to the surface when the mission is complete. |
| 139 | * ''Series/TomicaHeroRescueForce'' has one in the form of the Rescue Drill. |
| 140 | * ''Franchise/UltraSeries'': |
| 141 | ** ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' has the Science Patrol's Vellucidar, a tank with an oversized drill in front of it. Unfortunately, it was a FlawedPrototype hastily deployed against Goldon, resulting in it breaking down while underground and nearly killing all its crew. |
| 142 | ** ''Series/UltraSeven'' has the Ultra Garrison's Magmalizer (or Magma Riser depending on how you translate it). It works perfectly well as a standard tank too. |
| 143 | ** ''Series/UltramanAce'' have the TAC bringing out an unnamed drilling tank for investigating Giron Man's underground lair after Giron's monster, Aribunta, appeared days earlier and attacked a subway train. |
| 144 | ** ''Series/UltramanTaro'' has ZAT's Pellumidar II, a tank with two drills on the front. It's intended to be the successor of Science Patrol's Vellucidar. |
| 145 | ** ''Series/UltramanTiga'' have GUTS utilizing the Peepar, an orange tank with a drill in place of it's turret, to investigate the monster Fire Golza hibernating beneath a volcano. |
| 146 | * ''Series/WarriorOfLoveRainbowman'': One of the Shine Shine Dan's weapons was the Mograt, which was used for creating artificial natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis. It was also a convenient excuse to show the hero's [[DishingOutDirt Earth form]] more frequently. |
| 147 | * An incredibly obscure example comes from the old BBC educational kids' programme ''Series/ZigZagTalesFromEurope''. Intended to teach children about folklore, it featured an eccentric woman travelling around Europe in one of these called the Hypersonic Mole. |
| 148 | [[/folder]] |
| 149 | |
| 150 | [[folder:Pinball]] |
| 151 | * This is one of the Contraptions you must build in ''VideoGame/ProPinballFantasticJourney'' |
| 152 | [[/folder]] |
| 153 | |
| 154 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 155 | * In ''TabletopGame/RocketAge'' the United Venusian Mining Consortium uses drilling machines to mine for Radium. |
| 156 | * Termites in ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''. A Diorama of the Siege of the Emperor's Palace also shows the traitors using a large Drill Tank to breach one of the palace walls. |
| 157 | ** There's also the Hades Breach Drill, which is smaller than the Termite but has a similar purpose (drilling underneath, or through, enemy fortifications). Amusingly, nothing stops you from using a Hades while playing on a map that is supposed to be a space ship. |
| 158 | ** Also, some warships are equipped with giant drills for use in boarding operations. They ram an enemy ship and drill into its side, allowing them to deposit troops directly inside. Seen in ''Literature/SpaceWolf: Grey Hunter''. |
| 159 | * The [[https://ttcombat.com/collections/dropzone-commander/products/209-breaching-drill Resistance Model 109 Breaching Drill]] and [[https://ttcombat.com/collections/dropzone-commander/products/resistance-model-109-breaching-drill Model 109 Splitting Drill]] on ''TabletopGame/DropzoneCommander'' (although they are more of drill [[AwesomePersonnelCarrier transports]]). |
| 160 | * ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' has Labyrinth Tank, a red and blue tank with multiple drills on the front, and Infinitrack Tunneller, which has a spiked drill bit protruding from the front of it. |
| 161 | [[/folder]] |
| 162 | |
| 163 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 164 | * One of the best known of the [[WesternAnimation/ChallengeOfTheGoBots Go-Bots]] (AKA Machine Robo) was a drill tank with the unlikely name of Screw Head. |
| 165 | * Midori's ''King Moguras'' (pictured above) was released mere months after the ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' Mole model kit[[note]]Best known as the ''Jet Mole'' in Japan[[/note]], and both of them were among the best-selling toys in Japan during the late sixties. The King Moguras was popular enough to be the first one in a short-lived model kit series, featuring the pocket-sized ''Baby Moguras'', the aircraft-carrying ''Big Moguras'', the drill and saw-equipped ''Junior Moguras'', and the UFO-carrying remote-controlled ''Ultra Moguras''. |
| 166 | * The Chrome Crusher from Franchise/{{LEGO}}'s Toys/RockRaiders theme, and the Thunder Driller from Toys/LEGOPowerMiners. ''Power Miners'' also has the Titanium Command Rig, which can be considered a massively upsized version of the Thunder Driller. |
| 167 | * Microtron, a caterpillar-tracked robot from the [[Toys/{{Micronauts}} Micronauts/Microman]] toy-line was one of these, with a rotating drill-bit protruding from his groin area. With Micronaut "interchangeability", it could be reconfigured to more closely resemble a DrillTank, with the drill where the head should be and large wheels instead of arms. |
| 168 | * ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': |
| 169 | ** Amongst the [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 G1 Transformers]], one of the Technobots was one of these, named [[MeaningfulName Nosecone.]] |
| 170 | ** [[Anime/TransformersVictory Drillhorn of the Breastforce]] ([[GratuitousEnglish seriously]]) fits the 'unimaginative name' bill. |
| 171 | ** There's also Twin Twist, who transforms into a ''double'' drill tank, and much much later, a minicon named Drill Bit would be made... though his giant drill is in back. |
| 172 | ** Also, Drill Dasher. |
| 173 | ** Galvatron from ''Anime/BeastWarsII'' turns into a drill tank. |
| 174 | ** In the Power Core Combiners line, one Mini-Con turns into a drill, used as the weapon for both robot and vehicle mode of its partner! |
| 175 | ** The Combiner Wars versions of Nosecone and Drillhorn, being retools of Brawl, can use their drills as hand-held weapons. The Unite Warriors version of Nosecone has one that actually rotates, courtesy of being a retool of Rook instead. |
| 176 | ** Titans Return Nightbeat turns into a drill tank that can be held by a larger figure as a weapon. |
| 177 | [[/folder]] |
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| 179 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 180 | * The HAG-1 ([[BossSubtitles Monstrous Mechanical Mud-Muncher]]) from ''VideoGame/BanjoTooie''. |
| 181 | * ''VideoGame/BeardBlade'' has an early boss, Bastion, who drives a steam-powered Drill wagon down a tunnel to pursue you. |
| 182 | * In ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster Overdrive'', [[CoolCar S.O.P.H.I.A.]] acquires a Drill Kit upgrade after you defeat the boss of Area 3. |
| 183 | * ''VideoGame/BoogieWings'' have your enemies using gigantic drill vehicles, whose tip consists of four drills moving in a circular pattern, trying to grind you up in several stages. |
| 184 | * ''VideoGame/{{Carmageddon}}'' and its sequel have a drill ''monster truck''. |
| 185 | * Nemesis Army Mole Machines in ''[[VideoGame/CityOfHeroes City of Heroes/Villains]]''. |
| 186 | * In ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'', Herbert had one of these in the PSA mission 8 and caused an earthquake when he dug under the ground. |
| 187 | * While the subterranean flame tanks of ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberium Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun]]'' have spiked rollers instead, the subterranean [=APCs=] use drills. |
| 188 | * Similar to the above, the Star [[MultipleEndings ending]] of ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' involves the repurposing of a huge tunnel borer into an assault vehicle to gain access to Arasaka Tower through its basement. |
| 189 | * In ''VideoGame/DarkReign'', the Freedom Guard have Phase Tanks and Phase Runners, which although they lack drills, can hide and move underground. |
| 190 | * Late in ''VideoGame/DeadSpace2'', Isaac and Ellie hijack a giant tunnel boring machine to punch their way into the Sprawl's government sector from below after all the other ways in are deemed a no-go. You even get to gib a flood of necromorphs on the spinning blades [[NoOSHACompliance during the ride on top]] through the clever use of knockback effects, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome but you can also end up instagibbing Isaac instead if you're not careful about your movements]]. |
| 191 | * ''VideoGame/DeepRockGalactic'' features an [[EscortMission Escort Mission]] where you are tasked with defending one of these (referred to as the Drilldozer by management, and [[ICallItVera Doretta]] by the miners) from hordes of alien bugs as it drills a tunnel through various cave systems towards a valuable crystal known as an Ommoran Heartstone that's buried deep in the planet. The drill stops and needs to be refueled from oil deposits periodically, and the end of the mission has it drilling into the Heartstone's outer shell to extract it, while the players must protect it from the attacks that the Heartsone summons to fight back. The tank itself is unfortunately unarmed, but that's what the dwarves are for. |
| 192 | * The eponymous ''VideoGame/DrillDozer'' alternates between walking and crawling. It appears as an [[AssistCharacter Assist Trophy]] in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl''. |
| 193 | * In ''VideoGame/Fallout76'' we have the Motherlode, a drill tank created by Hornwright Industries. It is encountered in a sidequest and is featured in the main Wastelanders plotline. |
| 194 | * At the end of ''VideoGame/GadgetPastAsFuture'', the compact spaceship known as the Ark starts out as this to tunnel out of the factory it was in, before detaching the drill component and [[TransformingVehicle morphing]] into a flying craft to navigate a series of underground tunnels. |
| 195 | * ''VideoGame/GotchaForce'' has one borg called Beam Tank, which is the only tank-class borg capable of making melee attacks with its drill in addition to ranged attacks. |
| 196 | * A BossBattle in the game ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheEmperorsTomb'' has Indy running away from one of those - [[JawsFirstPersonPerspective from the tank's POV]]. |
| 197 | * The player character of the early Creator/HudsonSoft game ''VideoGame/{{Itasundorious}}'', also released as ''Driller Tanks''. |
| 198 | * The fourth boss in ''VideoGame/JamestownLegendOfTheLostColony'' is a drilling train with which the Conquistador rides his way into the heart of Mars. |
| 199 | * In ''VideoGame/JeffWaynesWarOfTheWorlds'', the tunneling track layer. |
| 200 | * The ''VideoGame/LegoBatman'' sub-series likes giving these to Bane. |
| 201 | * ''VideoGame/LighthouseTheDarkBeing'' has a SteamPunk train in the endgame area, with a drill at the front that the player can use to break down a wall to reach the [[BigBad Dark Being's]] inner sanctum. |
| 202 | * ''VideoGame/LostPlanet: Extreme Condition'' has the [=GAB-25=] [[AMechByAnyOtherName Vital Suit]] that can {{transform|ingMecha}} between this and [[SpiderTank quadrupedal mech]] forms. |
| 203 | * In ''VideoGame/MagicalDoropie'', the MiniBoss at the end of Round 2-2 is one of these. |
| 204 | * Driller-G's in ''VideoGame/MakaiKingdom''. %%The former page picture was the intro to a RandomEncounter where the only enemy on the new section of a stage is a high-level Driller-G. |
| 205 | ** ''VideoGame/PrinnyCanIReallyBeTheHero'' has among its enemies a Sabre Cat that attacks by sending a tiny Remote-controlled Driller-G at you. |
| 206 | * The African Warlords from ''VideoGame/MarchOfWar'' use them. |
| 207 | * VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}} and Roll's Rush Drill super in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom''. |
| 208 | ** Ground Man from ''VideoGame/MegaManAndBass'' transforms into a triple-drill tank vehicle mode. |
| 209 | ** There is also drill tank enemies in ''VideoGame/MegaMan6'', ''VideoGame/MegaManX3'', and ''VideoGame/MegaManX4''. |
| 210 | * ''VideoGame/MegaManZero 1'' has the mid-game level Mechaniloid which is about to barge into the rebel base. |
| 211 | ** The ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'' series also had a MiniBoss called the Crushpactor, which used a spiked roller and a heavy laser to tunnel through the earth (or attack Vent/Alie or Ashe/Grey). |
| 212 | * ''VideoGame/MetalFatigue'' features Drill Trucks, which, while not armed, do sport tracks and a giant drill on the front for drilling underground tunnels. |
| 213 | * ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' has the Shagohod. Which has ''two'' drills. To be fair, they're just the front ends of the turbines that act as the treads, but still. |
| 214 | * On one path in ''VideoGame/MetalSlug 3'', there is a Drill Slug that can extend the drill bit forward and machine guns to shoot at enemies on the ceiling. |
| 215 | * Your excavation vehicle in ''VideoGame/{{Motherload}}'' is a rather non-standard design for a drill tank. The vehicle is dome-shaped and it pulls out its drill from inside the chassis, which it can point left or right or directly below. |
| 216 | * The ''Grommet'' in ''VideoGame/NetZone'' is a {{Cyberspace}} variant, as a rocket with a drill that transports Newton Winters to Cycorp's Testing Facility. The drill only comes into play when Newton reprograms the ''Grommet'' to reach a hidden room. |
| 217 | * ''VideoGame/RedFaction'' has one with dual drills. The player can use it to drill through some walls and reach new areas. |
| 218 | * ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' has one of these chase Leon and Ashley down a corridor in the dungeon. |
| 219 | * ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara: Samurai Heroes'' has the Drillatron, which appears as a miniboss in a few stages. |
| 220 | * The [[WarmUpBoss infamously easy first boss]] in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' is a drill car. For nostalgia's sake, it made a return in the last level of ''[[VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy Sonic Advance]]'', where it can be blown to pieces with even greater ease. |
| 221 | * It's actually a space battleship (albeit with a land mode), but the Kurogane from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' can serve this purpose. |
| 222 | ** SRW also has the G-Bison component of the Grungust Type-3. |
| 223 | ** The Gustlander mode of the [[TransformingMecha Grungust Type-1]] Doesn't actually have a drill, but invokes this trope nonetheless with its Spiral Attack, which is usually portrayed as a drill-shaped energy field in front of the tank. |
| 224 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Sundered}}'', abandoned drill tanks can be found in the Cathedral region, having been left behind by the Valkyries when they invaded the place, and the tunnels they dug serve as passageways between the region’s various caves. |
| 225 | * ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheArcadeGame'' memorably introduces Rocksteady with one at the end of the first level. Several more appear throughout the game. |
| 226 | * ''VideoGame/TerraTech'' allows players to custom-build their own vehicles and has plenty of drills on offer, making drill tanks an easy design. Drills can be used both for combat and for harvesting resources, although sadly not burrowing. |
| 227 | * Mini-boss drill tanks are used by the evil Gedow in ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe2''. |
| 228 | * The Grineer from ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' make use of tanks with drilling equipment attached on the nose for mining. The goal of the Sabotage missions set in [[AsteroidMining asteroid bases]] is to destroy them to keep Grineer from [[ArchaeologicalArmsRace unearthing any Orokin tech that would give them an upper hand]]. |
| 229 | * The Burrower in ''VideoGame/WarWind''. Unfortunately, the vehicle has a limited range, slow travelling speed, and can transport only two units at a time. |
| 230 | * The Dark Iron dwarves in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' use these on occasion, especially during Brewfest. |
| 231 | ** The Brewfest-only Dark Iron boss has a chance to drop a remote that controls one of these, transporting the party to the tavern he holes up in -- from anywhere. Including another '''planet'''. |
| 232 | * The VZR tank from the obscure NES game ''VideoGame/WURMJourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth'', which could also hover, or transform into an airplane. |
| 233 | * The Drill from Xform's Burnin' Rubber 5 is a variant of the Tank Mark 1 with a massive auger that does high contact damage. |
| 234 | * In ''A Mazing World of Malcolm Mortar'' for the Tandy Platform/ColorComputer, each maze level has a drill-nosed treaded robot called a Borehead that can destroy the normal brick walls placed by the player and must be imprisoned with permanent walls. |
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| 236 | |
| 237 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 238 | * ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' has whole mecha-mole brigades, on things like this [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090121 Deep 6 Model]]. And other [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120822 "submersibles de terre,"]] like subterranean mecha-narwhals -- ''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120824 "ordinary"]]'' and not. |
| 239 | [[/folder]] |
| 240 | |
| 241 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 242 | * Libby in Literature/DragomirsDiary creates the Hypermole, a large, wheeled machine used to drill through a mountain. The drill mounted on the front looks more like an angular corkscrew than a standard drill; how this helps is anyone's guess. |
| 243 | * ''Blog/HowToHero'' features a company called Drills For Thrills which specializes in building these. |
| 244 | [[/folder]] |
| 245 | |
| 246 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 247 | * The ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' episode "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheDrill The Drill]]" deals with a massive siege engine used to penetrate the Great Wall of Ba Sing Se. |
| 248 | * ''WesternAnimation/BillyDilleysSuperDuperSubterraneanSummer'' Features "The Cheeserator" It fits the description to a tee and even plays an integral part in getting the trio trapped at the center of the Earth. |
| 249 | * Jake Rockwell's Awesome Auger weapon system from ''WesternAnimation/{{Centurions}}''. |
| 250 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'' episode "Waste Mountain", Rudy draws one to drill into the Magic Chalk Mine in an attempt to save all the magic chalk from being destroyed by the oozing garbage bags filled with stale cheeseburger smoothies. |
| 251 | * As mentioned under Toys, ''WesternAnimation/ChallengeOfTheGobots'' has a Renegade named Screw-Head who transforms into one of these. |
| 252 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheFlaminThongs'': When Trevor decides that Whale Bay needs a crosstown tunnel, Holden builds a burrowing machine by attaching a giant propeller to the front of Brenda's car. Amazingly, this one works perfectly: unlike most of Holden's inventions. |
| 253 | * ''WesternAnimation/FlashGordon1979'': Ming's Mecho-Mole, later hijacked by Prince Barin. |
| 254 | * ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'': In [[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E1Richter "Richter"]], Jumba modifies the dune buggy to be one of these. Lilo and Stitch use it to re-enter the cave that [[MonsterOfTheWeek the episode's experiment]] went into and chase after him. |
| 255 | * The titular bus' from in the book ''Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus Inside The Earth'' and the EdutainmentGame ''The Magic School Bus Explores Inside The Earth'' (note the all-important addition of the word "explores" in the game title). Ironically, the only [=TV=] episode in which the bus has this form was about ''plants''. |
| 256 | * Dr. Wily used one to help create earthquakes in the ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'' episode "The Big Shake". |
| 257 | * ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' gives us Dr. Doofenshmirtz and his Drill-inator, which he uses in his plan to [[DiggingToChina make a tunnel to China]]. |
| 258 | * One of these is used in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS9E2DieHippieDie Die, Hippie, Die]]" to plow though a large crowd of hippies (it's called "the Hippie Digger" -- blame Eric Cartman for that) in a parody of the plot of ''Film/TheCore''. |
| 259 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS6E25PineappleFeverChumCaverns Chum Caverns]]", Plankton uses one of these to burrow under the Krusty Krab in attempt to steal the Krabby Patty Secret Formula. However, he becomes lost inside a cave and accidentally creates a new restaurant called Chum Caverns. |
| 260 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'' episode "The Mysterious Moles", the Moles (husband Maximus and wife Minimus) create a machine with drills on front and back. They use it to drill to the bottom of a cave where they find a LostWorld. |
| 261 | * The [=TurboMole=] in ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats''. |
| 262 | * During the time the Technodrome was underground in ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', Shredder and his minions used capsule-like drill tanks to carry themselves to the surface and back. The Technodrome itself may count as well. |
| 263 | * In ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'', minor character Darcy is a roadheader, meaning she's based on a real-life instance of this trope. |
| 264 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThunderbirdsAreGo'': In "Escape Proof", the Mechanic constructs a tunnelling machine that he uses to [[BreakingOutTheBoss break the Hood out of Parkmoor Scrubs prison]]. On his way there, the machine wreaks enough incidental havoc that it attracts the attention of International Rescue. |
| 265 | * ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'': In "Queen for a Day" the spies drive one called a R.A.T.V.A.T. |
| 266 | * Brock Samson and later Jefferson Twilight are seen driving one of these in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers''. |
| 267 | * This trope is probably why the ''WesternAnimation/WildKratts''' Worm-Mobile, a burrowing vehicle the Kratt bros pilot in miniaturized form, has tractor-treads. The "drill" aspect is averted, as Aviva designed it to penetrate loose soil via slippery mucus and setae, in emulation of real earthworms' locomotion. |
| 268 | * ''WesternAnimation/WingCommanderAcademy'': In a flashback scene involving the time Grunt[[note]]so named for being a Marine to transferred to flight status[[/note]] served on Repleeta, the Kilrathi use a drill tank to dig up into human rear areas. |
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| 270 | |
| 271 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 272 | * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_boring_machine Tunnel-boring machines.]] |
| 273 | ** And by extension, the tunnel driller in ''VideoGame/RedFaction''. And yes, the drills here actually carve through stone. |
| 274 | ** The example from ''Avatar'' (particularly its way of movement) was also based on the tunnel-boring machine. |
| 275 | ** To be technical, however, these machines rasp their way through rock like a file rather than actually boring through it like a drill. |
| 276 | * Heck, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subterrene Subterrenes]] could ''theoretically'' drill tunnels and eliminate waste rock AND reinforce the resulting tunnels fast enough to act as '''[[FastTunnelling transportation]]'''. However, [[SovietSuperscience only the Russians]] have ever been crazy enough to actually build a "Battle Mole", as the primary component was a '''''nuclear reactor'''''. Which was able to bore fast enough because instead of a rotating drill it employed ''molten lithium.'' And supposedly the project came to an end because its reactor just '''''exploded''''' one day and killed the entire crew. Conspiracy theories abound, however. |
| 277 | ** Mind you, that nuclear reactors are used (for the most part) safely and efficiently on almost all modern submarines and aircraft carriers. The concept only needed better engineering. |
| 278 | ** Similar concepts also make [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_rocket subterranean torpedoes]] plausible. |
| 279 | * In 1938, the British, anticipating that UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo would be an ''exact'' re-run of UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne, designed and built a group of mammoth tanks, each weighing 185 tons, built for one purpose and one purpose only - digging trenches, in order to get that back-breaking labour safely mechanised. More cynical officers, whose reading of German strategy had convinced them that trench-building was futile, named these machines the ''TOG'' tanks, as "The Old Gang" of Colonel Blimps had ordered them built at massive cost. One was lost in France, and labelled useless scrap metal by its German captors; another two were used to build trenches and tank-traps around London in the event of German invasion. |
| 280 | ** On a related note, during the WWII the British Royal Navy also developed the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultivator_No._6 Cultivator No. 6]] "Nellie", an enormous trench-digging machine which would theoretically create a tunnel to the enemy's front line. It was one of UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill's pet projects since [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI WWI]], to the point that at least a prototype was finished long after the project was deemed unprofitable. |
| 281 | ** During the UsefulNotes/ColdWar, both sides reactivated the trench-digger idea in smaller and mechanically less complex form, based on tanks then in production: [[http://www.bmz.ru/earth/mdk2meng.htm Soviet MDK-2M]] and [[http://militarytechnics.com/vehicles/btm-fast-entrenching/ BTM-3]] on one side and [[http://www.armyrecognition.com/europe/Allemagne/vehicules_lourds/kodiak_engineer_vehicle_leopard_2/Kodiak_Leopard_2_engineer_armoured_vehicle_001.jpg Leopard tank based vehicles]] on the other side. They still work on ground surface like excavators, though. |
| 282 | * Probably the closest thing in real life to the classic Drill Tank stereotype (in terms of being tracked vehicles with giant drill bits on the front) are [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadheader roadheaders]], which have a massive rotating drill bit at the end of a long boom. And it's usually covered in [[SpikesOfVillainy spikes]], giving them a fairly menacing appearance. |
| 283 | * Likely the closest we can get to tanks that can dig/move earth and actually saw combat are "tankdozers," which [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as the name suggests]] is essentially a combat tank with a large bulldozer blade equipped. Americans used them effectively in the Second World War to help clear paths through hedgerows, until the Germans got wise and started singling out tankdozers as targets. |
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