Russian lawmakers authorize Putin to use military force outside the country, Part II

[Bob Schroeck]

The local Army post used to bring a tracked APC (not even an actual tank) out for various fairground events, and just that one passing by two or three times a year put noticeable wear on the asphalt in the pattern of the cleats on its treads.

Similarly, when I was very young there was a parade held in my home town that went down the nearest intersection to where I grew up. There was a tank in the parade, and you could see the "footprints" it made in the street for years afterward.