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Well that's an M109 Paladin. It weighs about half as much as an actual tank. But if it was fully loaded there's a pretty good chance nobody wins because it's an artillery system and it carries a lot of stuff that goes boom.
I don't care to speculate on who wins between a 70 ton tank and a train. It probably depends on what the train is pulling.
Edit to add - also we need pictures from different angles. From this angle it looks like the Paladin might have simply been de-tracked. But I'm pretty sure there's more damage as it's armor is actually comparatively light, rated for small arms and shrapnel.
So it's more self-propelled artillery?
Technically yeah, colloquially no sane person would judge another for calling such a thing a tank
It's only a tank if it comes from the Tankeshire region of England, otherwise it's just sparkling armoured vehicle.
Nah, I don't judge people for being wrong or inaccurate, particularly when the colloquial use of a term is as firmly established. Ideally, people would still know the distinction, and I'd prefer to have journalists be accurate at least, but mostly I care about knowing what's technically correct myself. I don't need to be a pedant, I just don't want to be ignorant.
That's exactly what it is.