An Abrams tank clears fallow fields surrounded by an untended palm grove in the Jabour area, south of Baghdad, Iraq December 15, 2008. The farmland is suspected of being mined and containing unexploded ordnance and improvised explosive devices. The tank has a roller attachment at its prow used to uncover mines and other explosive devices.

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An Abrams tank clears fallow fields surrounded by an untended palm grove in the Jabour area, south of Baghdad, Iraq December 15, 2008. The farmland is suspected of being mined and containing unexploded ordnance and improvised explosive devices. The tank has a roller attachment at its prow used to uncover mines and other explosive devices.

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Size: 5150px × 3433px
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Photo credit: © US Army Photo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: abrams, american, armor, army, baghdad, clearing, combat, explosives, field, grove, horizontal, ied, iraq, m1a1, military, mines, mission, operation, palm, tank, usa, war