splash mark
n.— «In the gulf war, our vehicles got hit farely often. One tank had 4 splash marks on it’s frontal slope from HEAT rounds.» —“Oh, so a mech cant kill tanks eh?” by Absolut_Tempest Mechanized Propulsion Systems Message Board Aug. 13, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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