FORT CAVAZOS, Texas — Twenty-eight M1 Abrams battle tanks will rumble through the nation's capital for the Army's 250th birthday celebration, part of a massive military parade on June 14 that critics warn could inflict millions of dollars in damage to District streets.

The 68-ton tanks, among 150 military vehicles scheduled to parade down Constitution Avenue, represent the Army's most lethal battlefield weapons — and potentially its most destructive to city infrastructure. The massive procession will also feature 50 aircraft, 34 horses, two mules, one dog and 6,600 soldiers from every Army division.

But it's the tanks drawing the most attention from critics. So WUSA9 obtained exclusive access to the Army's damage prevention plan at Fort Cavazos, Texas, where soldiers demonstrated the

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