How did armored vehicles take part in the FBI’s final operation at Mount Carmel?

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Waco siege — Branch Davidian Flames engulfing the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, ending a standoff with federal agents, April 19, 1993.

During the final operation at the Mount Carmel compound on April 19, 1993, the FBI utilized armored vehicles as part of a tactical assault to end the standoff. For more than five hours, these vehicles were used to punch holes into the walls of the complex, through which they deposited approximately 400 canisters of tear gas into the building.1