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ISIL fighters reportedly have something new to fear – An Iraqi Army M-1 Abrams tank nicknamed “The Beast.”

The tank has earned its nickname on social media and from U.S and coalition military advisers for the devastation it has caused to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)–held positions within the city of Hit, 172 kilometres northwest of Baghdad, United Press International reported.

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“This M1 tank has been driving all around Hit … blasting (improvised explosive devices), punching holes in enemy defences, and manoeuvring between multiple engagements and allowing … Iraqi army ground forces, you know, to clear and help evacuate civilians,” Colonel Steve Warren, spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S.-led mission to drive ISIL out of Iraq and Syria, told UPI.

A Bombed car was trying to target #ICTS hero’s in #Hit, and was blown away by a Cornet Rocket! pic.twitter.com/pUVvS1zZ5z — جهاز مكافحة الإرهاب (@iraqicts) 12 April 2016

According to Warren, the tank had engaged ISIL positions so well that U.S. military advisers had assumed multiple Iraqi tanks were operating within the city.