Anti Tank

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Anti-tank refers to any method of combating military armored fighting vehicles, notably tanks. The most common anti-tank systems include artillery with a high muzzle velocity, missiles (such as wire-guided HEAT), various autocannons firing penetrating ammunition, and anti-tank mines.

In the area of anti-tank warfare, three terms are often used: "mobility kill", "firepower kill", and "catastrophic kill". In a mobility kill (M-kill), the vehicle loses its ability to move, for example, by breaking a tank track; the target is then immobile but may retain full use of its weapons and still be able to fight to some extent. A firepower kill (F-kill) is some loss of the vehicle's ability to fire its weapons. M-kills and F-kills may be complete or partial, the letter corresponding to reductions in a target's ability to move or fire. A catastrophic kill (K-kill) removes the tank's ability to fight completely; this may entail complete destruction of the tank or disabling the weapon system(s) or crew.

Contents 1 AT Guns 1.1 AT Guns In OMG 2 Infantry Anti Tank Weapons 2.1 Infantry Anti Tank Weapons in OMG 3 Tank Destroyers 3.1 Tank Destroyers In OMG 4 See Also

AT Guns

Anti-tank guns are guns designed to destroy armored vehicles. In order to penetrate the armor of tanks and other armored vehicles they generally fire relatively small bore shells at high-velocity.

AT Guns In OMG

• 88mm Flak 36 AT/AA
• 5 cm PaK 38
• 57mm Gun M1
• Ordnance QF 17 pounder

Infantry Anti Tank Weapons

Infanty wield AT tank grenades, man portable weapon systems using HEAT Warheads, or large caliber anti material rifles.

Infantry Anti Tank Weapons in OMG

• Panzerfaust
• Panzerschreck
• Sticky Bomb
• Bazooka
• PIAT
• Recoilless Rifle
• Teller Mine
• Anti Tank Grenade, a Panzer Elite grenade.
• Boys Anti-Tank Rifle

Tank Destroyers

A self-propelled anti-tank gun, or tank destroyer, is a type of armored fighting vehicle designed specifically to engage enemy armor forces, and not produced for an infantry support role.

Tank Destroyers In OMG

• M10 Tank Destroyer
• M18 Hellcat
• Jagdpanther
• Hetzer
• Marder III
• Sturmgeschütz IV, technically an assault gun.

See Also

• Artillery
• Anti Air
• Infantry
• Tanks
• Vehicles
• Seek, Strike, and Destroy, U.S. tank destroyer doctrine in WWII.

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