Is it true that the ark caused armies to be wiped out when taken to the battlefield?

I was reading an article online about the riches the templars stole from the temple of Solomon, the templars were **suposedly** looking for the **Ark of Covenant** which is written in scripture that when taken to the **battlefield** could **wipe out entire armies**. But then they never found the ark of covenant because it was lost alongside the tablets given to Moses after the Babylonians invaded the promised land. Had the tempars succeeded in finding it, do you think if they could have taken it to the battlefield, it would have wiped out entire armies? You can read about the templar digging up riches from the temple from this site