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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The M10 tank destroyer, formally known as 3-inch gun motor carriage M10 or M10 GMC, was an American tank destroyer of World War II. After US entry into...
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The M36 tank destroyer, formally 90 mm Gun Motor Carriage, M36, was an American tank destroyer used during World War II. The M36 combined the hull of the...
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M18 Hellcat (redirect from M18 tank destroyer)
(officially designated the 76 mm Gun Motor Carriage M18 or M18 GMC) is a tank destroyer used by the United States Army in World War II and the Korean War. Despite...
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Valentine, Mk I, Archer was a British tank destroyer of the Second World War based on the Valentine infantry tank chassis fitted with an Ordnance QF 17...
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The tank destroyer battalion was a type of military unit used by the United States Army during World War II. The unit was organized in one of two different...
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Mareșal (meaning "marshal"), also known as the M-tank, was a Romanian-produced light tank destroyer from World War II. Romania was a member of the Axis...
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Ottokar Brzoza (redirect from Ottokar Brzoza (Polish wheeled tank destroyer))
Polish artillery commander, Colonel Ottokar Brzoza-Brzezina is a wheeled tank destroyer developed by the Polish Consortium PGZ – Ottokar, consisting of: Polska...
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984) Panther II tank (prototype) VK 4501 (P) (91, one used as command tank, most of the others converted to Elefant tank destroyers) Tiger I (1,347)...
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The Type 89 tank destroyer (military designation PTZ-89, industrial designation WA320) is a Chinese armored, tracked, tank destroyer vehicle developed...
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44M Zrínyi I (redirect from Zrinyi tank destroyer)
The 44M Zrínyi I was a Hungarian assault gun/tank destroyer of the Second World War. Developed from the successful 43M Zrínyi II, it was armed with a long...
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as the Type 3 Ka-Chi. The Type 1 Gun tank Ho-Ni I (一式砲戦車 ホニ I, Isshiki ho-sensha Ho-NiI?) was a tank destroyer and self-propelled artillery developed...
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The T-13 was a tank destroyer in use with the Belgian armed forces before World War II and during the Battle of Belgium. It was designed by Vickers-Armstrong...
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– GVT 05 M50 Ontos – tank destroyer with six M40 recoilless rifles Type 60 Self-propelled 106 mm Recoilless Gun – tank destroyer armed with two 105 mm...
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the later examples of the fully enclosed Jagdpanzer-family of German tank destroyers, not entirely dissimilar to the 50 short-ton weight German Jagdpanther...
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M4 Sherman (redirect from M4A3 Sherman tank)
other armored fighting vehicles including self-propelled artillery, tank destroyers, and armored recovery vehicles. Tens of thousands were distributed...
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B1 Centauro (redirect from Centauro tank destroyer)
is a family of Italian military vehicles originating from a wheeled tank destroyer for light to medium territorial defense and tactical reconnaissance...
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US tank destroyer (a self-propelled anti-tank gun), of the early part of World War II. It mounted a 3-inch anti-aircraft gun on a M3 medium tank hull...
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(retired) Tank-EX Prototype MBT BMP-2 105 mm light tank prototype BMP-2 Sarath infantry fighting vehicle Nag Missile Carrier Namica tank destroyer Abhay IFV...
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III T-V (T-5) - captured Panther tank SU-76i - captured Panzer III modified to mount an 76mm S-1 gun on a tank destroyer configuration. SU-85i - captured...
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44M Tas (redirect from 44M Tank destroyer)
of a Tas tank destroyer was entirely his own, inspired by the World War II practice of developing tank destroyer versions of successful tanks There is...
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Elefant (redirect from Ferdinand (Tank hunter))
(German for "elephant") was a heavy tank destroyer (self propelled anti-tank gun) used by German Panzerjäger (anti-tank units) during World War II. Ninety-one...
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as the bazooka, anti-tank combat engineering, specialized anti-tank aircraft and self-propelled anti-tank guns (tank destroyers). Both the Soviet Red...
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vehicles, ranging from licence-built unarmed artillery tractors to tank destroyers of an original design which ended up - according to some accounts -...
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primarily on anti-tank capabilities, sharing much in common with American WWII-era tank destroyers. This has caused confusion with tank destroyers in many references...
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would engage the German tanks at maximum range, slow the German tanks, and thus give the more mobile tank and tank destroyer units time to move to the...
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Panzer VIII Maus (redirect from Maus (tank))
gun, based on the 12.8 cm Pak 44 towed anti-tank gun also used in the casemate-type Jagdtiger tank destroyer, with a coaxial 75 mm KwK 44 L/36.5 gun. The...
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Panther tanks, but shared their main faults, underpowered and mechanically unreliable. Alongside tanks, the US Army employed tracked "tank destroyers" (self-propelled...
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Archer tank destroyer (Used by 7th anti-tank artillery regiment of 2nd Polish Corp in Italy, 1944) SU-76 (SU-76 was one of the main tank destroyers of Polish...
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Sabrah light tank is series of armored fighting vehicles developed by Elbit Systems to cater to the Philippine Army's light tank/tank destroyer requirement...
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