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T13 B2, 21 produced. These started their life as unarmed
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105:Two German soldiers looking at a captured T13 B3
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200:Renault FT at the Brussels Royal Army Museum
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69:A T-15 light tank, being reviewed by King
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165:ACG-1 tank
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341:Ness 2002
316:"T-13 B3"
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