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arethuzatoday at 1:06 PM3 repliesview on HN

"tanks in cities were the best way to address crime in cities"

Given the amount of tanks the UK has I think it would have to be "tank in city" - mind you tanks have been used in Glasgow! ;-)

https://euppublishingblog.com/2018/10/03/georgesquarebattle/


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pjc50today at 1:12 PM

Or the Ruth Davidson rent-a-tank: https://news.channel4.com/election2015/04/29/update-4401/

(more seriously, let's not forget the deployment of the Parachute Regiment to Northern Ireland, although that was a while ago)

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HPsquaredtoday at 1:21 PM

Interesting! There's also a Wiki article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_George_Square

DonHopkinstoday at 3:06 PM

They cut the tanks up to make Irn-Bru!