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Japan's Answer to Germany's Leopard 2 Beer Test While Germany tested the Leopard 2 with beer, Japan did it with wine glasses. The Type 10 MBT demonstrates its advanced stabilization and hydropneumatic suspension by balancing glasses while on the move. Developed under the TK-X program, the Type 10 was...

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