{"id":9,"date":"2010-05-06T14:02:07","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T18:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/ground-war\/episodes\/battlefield-mobility-episode-2\/9\/"},"modified":"2018-11-12T11:39:34","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T16:39:34","slug":"battlefield-mobility-episode-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/ground-war\/episodes\/battlefield-mobility-episode-2\/9\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Full Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-wrap  nocontent no-content cf\"><iframe id=\"partnerPlayer\" name=\"partnerPlayer\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"  src=\"\/\/player.pbs.org\/widget\/partnerplayer\/1496643253\/?chapterbar=false&topbar=true&autoplay=false&endscreen=false\" title=\"Embedded Video Player\" loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Episode 2 explores mobility on the battlefield, and the never-ending challenge to maximize effectiveness and find the right balance of protective armor, speed, mobility and firepower.  The nimble Egyptian chariots led the way as an effective firing platform.  The stirrup and selective breeding turned the horse into a true weapon of war and set the stage for the mounted knight as a self-contained mobile battle-system.  And then came the tanks, which evolved from the first British efforts in World War I with boxy Little Willie and hulking Big Willie, to the fast German Panzers and powerful Russian T-34s of World War II, to today\u2019s heavily armed and armored machines like the American Abrams, which comes complete with massive gun, sloping, explosive reactive armor, thermal sights and even stealth coatings. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 2 explores mobility on the battlefield, and the never-ending challenge to maximize effectiveness and find the right balance of protective armor, speed, mobility and firepower. The nimble Egyptian chariots led the way as an effective firing platform. 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