Anti-tank warfare originated during World War I from the desire to develop technology and tactics to destroy tanks. After the Allies deployed the first...
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In anti-tank warfare, an anti-tank mine (abbreviated to "AT mine") is a type of land mine designed to damage or destroy vehicles including tanks and armored...
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to Anti-tank guns. Anti-tank grenade Anti-tank warfare List of anti-tank guns Tank gun Man-portable anti-tank systems The Panzer I was a light tank that...
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including several types of anti-tank obstacles. Anti-tank warfare Category:Anti-tank obstacles Media related to Anti-tank obstacles at Wikimedia Commons...
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Anti-tank trenches, also called anti-tank ditches, are ditches dug into and around fortified positions to hold up the advance of enemy tanks. Anti-tank...
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Anti-tank dogs (Russian: собаки-истребители танков sobaki-istrebiteli tankov or противотанковые собаки protivotankovye sobaki; German: Panzerabwehrhunde...
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A tank destroyer, tank hunter or tank killer is a type of armoured fighting vehicle, predominantly intended for anti-tank duties. They are typically armed...
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High-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) is the effect of a shaped charge explosive that uses the Munroe effect to penetrate heavy armor. The warhead functions...
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Spall (section Anti-tank warfare)
surfaces. In anti-tank warfare, spalling through mechanical stress is an intended effect of high-explosive squash head (HESH) anti-tank shells and many...
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Technology of Tanks, Coulsdon, Surrey: Jane's Information Group, ISBN 0-7106-0595-1 Weeks, John (1975), Men Against Tanks: A History of Anti-Tank Warfare, New...
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An anti-tank rifle is an anti-materiel rifle designed to penetrate the armor of armored fighting vehicles, most commonly tanks, armored personnel carriers...
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PIAT (redirect from Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank)
The Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank (PIAT) Mk I was a British man-portable anti-tank weapon developed during the Second World War. The PIAT was designed...
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Light anti-tank weapon or Light anti-armor weapon may refer to: a weapon in anti-tank warfare LAW 80 / LAW 94, British single-use anti-tank projectile...
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From the 1920s onwards, armour-piercing weapons were required for anti-tank warfare. AP rounds smaller than 20 mm are intended for lightly armoured targets...
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44M Zrínyi I (redirect from Zrinyi tank destroyer)
gun that was more suited to anti-tank warfare. This was the same 75 mm 43M gun that was used on the 43M Turán III medium tank. The 43M Zrínyi II itself...
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The RPG-16 is a handheld anti-tank grenade launcher for anti-tank warfare. It was developed in 1968 and adopted by the Soviet Army in 1970 for special...
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manoeuvre by armoured units. Much of the application of armoured warfare depends on the use of tanks and related vehicles used by other supporting arms such as...
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Type 1 47 mm anti-tank gun (一式機動四十七粍速射砲, Isshiki Kidō yonjūnana-miri sokushahō, "Type 1 mobile 47 mm rapid-firing gun") was an anti-tank gun developed...
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Protivotankovy Granatomyot-1; English: Hand-held Anti-tank Grenade Launcher-1) was a Soviet lightweight anti-tank warfare rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) equipped...
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An anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), anti-tank missile, anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) or anti-armor guided weapon is a guided missile primarily designed...
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People's Liberation Army Ground Force. It is designed primarily for anti-tank warfare missions but has secondary air-to-air combat capability as well. Initiated...
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battle tank used by the British Army's Royal Armoured Corps in the mid-1980s and early-1990s so as to provide increased protection from anti-tank warfare weapons...
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RL-83 Blindicide (category Anti-tank rockets)
The RL-83 Blindicide is mainly an anti-tank warfare rocket launcher, but other types of rounds can be fired. It was produced by Mecar SA of Belgium and...
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Madsen 20 mm cannon (redirect from Madsen 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon)
allowed it to be employed in a variety roles such as aerial defences, anti-tank warfare or on naval ships. The 20 mm Madsen Cannon was originally built by...
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infrastructures, most of which were within civilian areas, anti-tank missile launchers, and anti-tank squads. According to the IDF spokesperson, during the...
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Mauser Tankgewehr M1918 (redirect from Anti tank mauser)
only anti-tank rifle to see service in World War I. Approximately 16,900 were produced. During the First World War the onset of static, trench warfare saw...
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propulsion system, high–low projection system) is a design of cannon and anti-tank warfare launcher using a smaller high-pressure chamber to store propellant...
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A main battle tank (MBT), also known as a battle tank or universal tank, is a tank that fills the role of armour-protected direct fire and maneuver in...
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all domains, combining the capabilities of infantry, engineering, anti-tank warfare, air and intelligence all into one Special Operations Force. The unit...
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Armoured fighting vehicle (section Tank)
both ground targets and air targets. Despite significant advances in anti-tank warfare, it still remains the most versatile and fearsome land-based weapon-systems...
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