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A self-propelled anti-tank gun, or tank destroyer, is a type of armoured fighting vehicle. Tank destroyers are used primarily to provide anti-tank support in combat operations but do not fit all the criteria of a tank. They may mount a high-velocity anti-tank gun but have an open turret, no turret at all or run on wheels instead of tracks. Vehicles which carry an anti-tank guided missile launcher are referred to as ATGM carriers. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...
An armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) is a military vehicle, protected by armour and armed with weapons. ...
Anti-tank, or simply AT, refers to any method of combating military armored fighting vehicles, notably tanks. ...
For other uses, see Air-to-ground missile. ...
Tank destroyers are smaller, faster and cheaper than main battle tanks. While they have the necessary weapons to destroy MBT's, tank destroyers are too lightly armored to withstand direct hits from MBT cannons, and can be destroyed by other weapons (like explosives) that would not destroy an MBT. Tank destroyer crews are always trained to primarily hunt down enemy tanks. The US M1A1 Abrams tank is a typical modern main battle tank. ...
Gun-armed tank destroyers have been largely supplanted by the more general-purpose tanks since World War II, but lightly-armoured ATGM carriers are used for supplementary long-range antitank capabilities. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
Strengths and weaknesses The use of a fixed superstructure in place of the rotating turret found on normal tanks confers both strengths and weaknesses upon the tank destroyer: Dispensing with the turret makes tank destroyers significantly cheaper, faster and easier to manufacture than tanks. The difference in design also means a reduced number of moving parts, further adding to robustness in the field. Tank destroyers can also be fitted with larger superstructures, allowing accommodation of a bigger cannon than could be mounted in a turreted tank even if both vehicles used identical hulls, and increasing the vehicle's internal volume, allowing for increased ammunition stowage and crew comfort (Perrett 1987:84). Eliminating the turret also allows the vehicle to carry thicker armor than would otherwise be the case.
But tank destroyers cannot fulfill the many roles of tanks; they are much less flexible, and usually lack a strong anti-infantry capability. A common feature of a tank destroyer is the absence of a turret, and compared to tanks, an even stronger disposition for heavy frontal armor (compared to side and rear armor). Tank destroyers, as they were made, were therefore even more vulnerable to non-frontal attacks than tanks. Common use of open-topped hulls was also problematic since it afforded the tank destroyer crew less protection, both from kinetic weapons and NBC threats. Aiming the main guns of tank destroyers is also a much more tedious task due to the lack of a rotating turret. In practice turretless tank destroyers are most often used in concealed ambush positions where they can wait for a target to enter their line of fire. They are thus better suited to defensive rather than offensive operations.
Tank destroyers of WWII-vintage quickly became obsolete after the war as main battle tanks (MBTs) improved and outdistanced the former in capabilities and performance. Modern tank destroyers are still used by first-rate armies, though these vehicles often have rotating turrets, do not expose their crews to the outside, and often have a low pressure gun firing high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) rounds in place of a high velocity gun firing armor piercing rounds, because the tank destroyer's light chassis does not allow it to mount a high velocity gun capable of penetrating a modern MBT's armor protection. In addition to much lower cost, one advantage of modern tank destroyers is that they weigh much less than main battle tanks and thus are much more readily air portable, as well as being more suited to certain tactical situations (e.g. areas in which bridges cannot accommodate the 50-70 ton weight of modern MBTs). The US M1A1 Abrams tank is a typical modern main battle tank. ...
For other uses, see Heat (disambiguation) In physics, heat, symbolized by Q, is energy transferred from one body or system to another due to a difference in temperature. ...
Armor piercing ammunition is used to penetrate hardened armored targets such as body armor, vehicle armor, concrete, tanks and other defenses, depending on the caliber of the fire arms. ...
World War II
 Soviet ISU-122 tank destroyer with Polish Army markings Dedicated antitank vehicles made their first major appearance in the Second World War, as combatants developed effective armoured vehicles and tactics. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1181x544, 103 KB) ISU-122, Poznań, Poland photo by Radomil, 26 March 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Tank destroyer ISU-122 ...
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It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into ISU-152. ...
Polish Army (Polish Wojsko Polskie) is the name applied to the military forces of Poland. ...
These tank destroyers fell broadly into two categories. Some were designed to be faster and cheaper than medium tanks while still able to destroy heavy armour at long range. Some of these designs were clearly experiments rushed into production. The second design strategy was to create heavily-armoured vehicles that were more effective in tank-versus-tank combat than enemy tanks.
German designs The first German tank destroyers were the Panzerjäger ("tank hunters") which took an existing anti-tank gun and put it on a convenient chassis to give mobility. For instance, the German Panzer I light tank was obsolete before the war even started, with only thin armor and machine guns for armament. It was put into battle during the invasion of Poland, where it was found to be a deathtrap. Before the subsequent invasion of France, 202 were rebuilt as the Panzerjäger I self-propelled Skoda 47 mm anti-tank guns taken from Czechoslovakia. Similarly Panzer II tanks were used on the eastern front; captured Soviet 76.2 mm anti-tank guns were mounted on Panzer II chassis, producing Marder II anti-tank guns. The most common mounting was a German 75 mm anti-tank gun on the Czech Panzer 38(t) chassis to produce the Marder III. The Panzerjäger series continued up to the 88 mm equipped Nashorn. Panzerjäger (German tank-hunters) are German armoured fighting vehicles of the Second World War. ...
The Panzerkampfwagen I, or Sonderkraftfahrzeug (SdKfz) 191, abbreviated PzKpfw I and more commonly referred to as the Panzer I, was a light tank produced by Germany in the 1930s. ...
Belligerents France United Kingdom Canada Czechoslovakia Poland Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg Germany Italy Commanders Maurice Gamelin, Maxime Weygand Lord Gort (British Expeditionary Force) Leopold III H.G. Winkelman Władysław Sikorski Gerd von Rundstedt (Army Group A) Fedor von Bock (Army Group B) Wilhelm von Leeb (Army Group C) H...
The first of many tank destroyers, the Panzerjäger I (tank hunter I) was based on the chassis of the Panzer I ausf B and was armed with the Skoda 47 mm Pak L/43 anti-tank gun. ...
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The Panzer II was a German tank used in World War II. Designed as a stopgap while other tanks were developed, it played an important role in the early years of World War II, during the Polish and French campaigns. ...
The Panzer II was a German tank used in World War II. Designed as a stopgap while other tanks were developed, it played an important role in the early years of World War II, during the Polish and French campaigns. ...
The Marder II was a German tank destroyer of World War II based on the Panzer II chassis. ...
The Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) was a Czechoslovakian tank used by Germany during World War II. (The Czechoslovak military designation was LT vz. ...
The Marder III is the name for a series of World War II German tank destroyers built on the chassis of the Panzer 38(t). ...
Nashorn (Ger. ...
Although the Panzerjager carried effective weapons they were generally lacking in protection for the crew having thinly armoured open-topped superstructures and used older designs of chassis. They were to be followed by the Jagdpanzer '("hunting tanks") which mounted the gun in better superstructures – sacrificing the wider traverse capability of the anti-gun carriage for good armour protection. The best of the designs is considered to be the Jagdpanther, which put an 88 mm gun in one of the later tank chassis, that of the Panther tank. The Germans became side-tracked into production of large numbers of tank-destroyers because they could be produced more cheaply than full tanks. The Jagdpanzers were better suited to defense than attack because of their limited traverse and the later designs such as the Jagdtiger (of which just under 50 were built by May 1945) were heavy and consequently less manoeuvrable albeit extremely hard to defeat. Jagdpanzer IV/48 Jagdpanzer (JgPz), German: Hunting tank, is a name for German tank destroyers. ...
The Jagdpanther (Hunting Panther) was a tank destroyer built by Nazi Germany during World War II based on the chassis of the Panther tank. ...
The Panther ( ) was a tank fielded by Nazi Germany in World War II that served from mid-1943 to the end of the European war in 1945. ...
The Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. ...
The most successful German tank destroyer wasn't supposed to be a tank destroyer at all. It was the Sturmgeschütz III (assault gun), a self propelled gun for infantry support with a design similar to the Jagdpanzer. The Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) assault gun was Nazi Germanys most produced armoured fighting vehicle during World War II. It was built on the chassis of the Panzer III tank. ...
Soviet As with the Germans, the Soviet designs mounted anti-tank guns, with limited traverse in turretless hulls. The results were smaller, lighter, and simpler to build than tanks, but could carry larger guns. This design methodology was used by both the USSR and the Germans to provide heavier anti-tank capability at lower cost, during the rapid up-armoring of all AFVs that took place during the war. The Soviets produced the 85 mm SU-85 and 100 mm SU-100 self-propelled guns based on the same chassis as the T-34 medium tank, as well as the 122 mm ISU-122 and 152 mm ISU-152 which shared components with the IS-2 heavy tank and was nicknamed Zveroboy ("beast killer") for its ability to destroy German Tigers, Panthers and Elephants. In 1943, the Soviets also shifted all production of light tanks like the T-70 to much simpler and better-armed SU-76 self-propelled guns, which used the same drive train. CCCP redirects here. ...
The SU-85 was a Soviet self-propelled gun used during World War II. History The SU-85 was based on the earlier SU-122, which itself was based on the T-34. ...
The SU-100 was a Soviet self-propelled gun used during World War II. // History The SU-100 was developed as an improvement to the SU-85, with a more powerful gun. ...
The T-34 is a Soviet medium tank first produced in 1940. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into ISU-152. ...
The ISU-152 was a Soviet self-propelled gun used during World War II. // History The ISU-152 (in Russian ИСУ-152) used the same concept as the earlier SU-152: a large gun placed on the hull of a heavy tank. ...
The Iosef Stalin tank, named after Joseph Stalin, was a heavy tank developed by the Soviet Union during World War II. It is sometimes transliterated Iosif Stalin, from the Russian, Иосиф Сталин. ...
The T-70 light tank was used by the Army of the Soviet Union during World War II, replacing both the T-60 scout tank for reconnaissance and the T-50 light infantry tank for infantry support. ...
The SU-76 (Samokhodnaja Ustanovka 76) was a Soviet self-propelled gun used during World War II. // History The SU-76 was based on a lengthened version of the T-70 tank chassis. ...
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U.S. Army and derivative British designs were very different in conception. U.S. doctrine was based on the perceived need to defeat German blitzkrieg tactics, and U.S. units expected to be faced with large numbers of German tanks attacking on relatively narrow fronts. In actual practice, such attacks rarely happened; indeed, throughout the war only one battalion ever fought in an engagement quite like that which had originally been envisaged. The Tank Destroyer Command eventually numbered over 100,000 men and 80 battalions equipped with 36 tank destroyers or towed anti-tank guns each. The tank destroyer battalion was a type of unit used by the United States Army during World War II. The unit was organized in one of two different forms — a towed battalion equipped with anti-tank guns, or a self-propelled battalion equipped with armored tank destroyers. ...
The United States Army is the largest, and by some standards oldest, established branch of the armed forces of the United States and is one of seven uniformed services. ...
This article is about the military term. ...
The U.S. tank destroyer designs were intended to be very mobile and heavily armed. Most retained a turret, but left it open on top both to save weight and to accommodate a larger gun. The earliest expedient design was an M3 Half-track mounting an M1897 75 mm gun in a limited-traverse mount, and called the 75-mm GMC M3. Another, considerably less successful, early design mounted a 37-mm antitank gun in the bed of a Dodge 3/4-ton truck - the 37-mm GMC M6. The larger guns required a counterweight at rear of the turret, which can be seen on designs like the 3-inch gun 3in Gun Motor Carriage M10 and the 90mm Gun Motor Carriage M36. The 76mm Gun Motor Carriage M18 came closer to the U.S. ideal; the vehicle was very fast, small, and mounted a 76 mm gun in a turret. Of these, only the 90 mm gun of the M36 proved to be effective against the Germans' larger armored vehicles at any significant range. The open top and light armour made these tank destroyers particularly vulnerable to anything greater than small-arms fire, which ensured that in a direct fight they were no match for tanks. As the number of German tanks encountered by American forces steadily decreased throughout the war, most battalions were split up and assigned to infantry units as support vehicles, fighting as assault guns or as local anti-tank reserves. The Carrier, Personnel Half-track M3 was an armoured vehicle used by the United States and its allies during World War II and the Cold War. ...
The 75-mm Gun Motor Carriage M3 was a United States TD (Tank Destroyer) and self-propelled artillery piece of the Second World War. ...
The 37-mm Gun Motor Carriage M6 was a United States wheeled TD (Tank Destroyer) of the Second World War. ...
The M10 Gun Motor Carriage known as Wolverine in British service was a US tank destroyer of World War II. // Usage American doctrine planned for tank destroyers to engage enemy tanks while tanks were used principally to support infantry. ...
M36 during the Battle of the Bulge in January, 1945 The Gun Motor Carriage M36 was an American tank destroyer in World War II. It was often referred to as the Jackson or Slugger. ...
The 76 mm Gun Motor Carriage M18 was an American tank destroyer of World War II. It was often given the nickname Hellcat and is recorded as being the fastest tracked armored fighting vehicle during the war, and for a while after that. ...
The Brummbar was a German assault gun used in World War II An assault gun is an armoured fighting vehicle similar to a tank, but typically does not have a traversable turret, and may have an open roof. ...
United Kingdom On the whole, the British army did not subscribe to the Tank Destroyer concept, preferring instead to design tanks armed with bigger guns. Although flawed in many other respects, contemporary British armour doctrine recognized the inevitability of tank versus tank combat and the Army strove to arm their tanks with the most powerful anti-tank gun available at the time.
Anti-tank guns were the domain of the Royal Artillery rather than the Royal Armoured Corps and anti-tank gunned vehicles particularly anti-tank self-propelled guns such as the Deacon and Archer were their preserve. RGA redirects here. ...
The Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) is currently a collection of ten regular regiments, mostly converted from old horse cavalry regiments, and four Yeomanry regiments of the Territorial Army. ...
The AEC Mk I Gun Carrier, known as Deacon, was a British armoured fighting vehicle of the Second World War. ...
The SP 17pdr, Valentine, Mk I, Archer was a British anti-tank vehicle (tank destroyer) used during World War II based on the Valentine chassis. ...
The self-propelled guns that were built in the "Tank Destroyer" mould came about through the desire to field the formidable QF 17 pounder anti-tank gun and simultaneous lack of suitable tanks to carry it. As a result they were of a somewhat extemporized nature. Mounting the gun on the Valentine tank chassis gave the Marder-like Archer. The 17 pounder was also used to equip the US supplied M10 Wolverine to produce the Achilles. Another attempt to produce a specialist anti-tank vehicle was to fit the 17 pounder to the Cromwell chassis to give Tank, Cruiser, Challenger (A30) and its near open-topped variant Avenger. The latter delayed until post war before entering service. The Ordnance QF 17-pounder (or just 17-pdr) was a 76. ...
The most numerous British manufactured tank of World War II, the Infantry Tank III Valentine was known mainly for its inexpensive cost and high reliability. ...
The M10 Gun Motor Carriage known as Wolverine in British service was a US tank destroyer of World War II. // Usage American doctrine planned for tank destroyers to engage enemy tanks while tanks were used principally to support infantry. ...
The Tank, Cruiser, Challenger (A30) was an attempt to mount the 17 Pounder gun on the Cromwell tank chassis to give a tank with more anti-tank firepower to add to the Cruiser tank units. ...
The closest the British came to developing an armoured Tank Destroyer in the vein of the German Jagdpanzers or Russian ISU series was the Churchill 3 inch Gun Carrier - a Churchill tank chassis with a boxy superstructure in place of the turret. The design was rejected in favor of developing a 17 pounder armed Cromwell tank variant ultimately leading to the Comet tank The Tank, Infantry, Mk IV (A22) was a heavy British infantry tank of the Second World War, best known for its heavy armour and its use as the basis of many specialist vehicles. ...
The Tank, Cruiser, Comet I (A34) was a British tank that first saw use near the end of World War II. // Combat experience against the Germans in the Western Desert Campaign demonstrated to the British the inferiority of their tanks. ...
By 1944, a number of the "basic" Shermans in British use were being converted to Sherman Fireflies by adding the potent QF 17 pounder gun — giving each platoon of Shermans a dedicated anti-tank tank. General characteristics Length: 5. ...
The Sherman Firefly (M4A4 VC Firefly) was a British variation of the M4 Sherman tank, fitted with the more powerful 17 pounder main gun. ...
The Ordnance QF 17-pounder (or just 17-pdr) was a 76. ...
Post–World War II development In the face of the Warsaw Pact, a general need for extra firepower was identified. In the 1950s, the UK produced the FV 4101 Charioteer to beef up the tank regiments, mounting a 20 pounder gun in an oversize turret on the Cromwell tank hull — it lacked the all round capability of the Centurion tank. It was followed by the Conqueror tank which carried a 120 mm gun. In the late 1960s, Germany developed the Kanonenjagdpanzer, essentially a modernized WWII Jagdpanzer mounting a 90 mm gun. As Soviet designs became more heavily armoured, the 90 mm gun became ineffective and the Kanonenjagdpanzers were retrofitted for different roles or retired. The Charioteer tank was a British tank destroyer, designed in the 1950s from the Cromwell tank. ...
The Centurion was the primary British Main Battle Tank of the immediate post-war era, and considered by many to be one of the best British tank designs of all time. ...
The FV214 Conqueror was a British Main Battle Tank of the post-war era, sometimes classified as a heavy tank. ...
The Kanonenjagdpanzer (also known as Jagdpanzer Kanone 90mm, or tank destroyer, gun) was a German post-war tank destroyer equipped with a 90mm anti-tank gun. ...
With the development of flexible Anti-tank guided missiles, which were capable of installation on almost any vehicle in the 1960s, the concept of the tank destroyer has waned. With the weight of main battle tanks growing to the forty to seventy-tonne range, airborne forces were unable to deploy reasonable antitank forces. The result was a number of attempts to make a light vehicle, including the conventional ASU-85, the recoilless rifle–armed Ontos, and missile-armed Hornet Malkara armoured car and Sheridan light tank. For other uses, see Air-to-ground missile. ...
The ASU-85 was a Soviet self-propelled gun based on the PT-76 tank chassis, and was equipped with an 85mm gun. ...
The Ontos, officially the Rifle, Multiple 106 mm, Self-propelled, M50, was a light anti-tank vehicle developed in the US in the 1950s. ...
Malkara Type anti-tank guided missile Nationality UK/Australia Era Cold War Launch platform Vehicle Target AFV History Builder Date of design 1954 Production period Service duration 1958 to 1960s Operators UK Variants none Number built 1000 Specifications Type surface to surface Diameter 0. ...
The M551 Sheridan was an Armored Reconnaissance Airborne Assault vehicle, developed by the United States, and named after Civil War General Philip Sheridan. ...
Modern tank destroyers Many forces' IFVs carry ATGMs in every infantry platoon, and attack helicopters have also added antitank capability to the modern battlefield. But there are still dedicated antitank vehicles with very heavy long-range missiles, and ones intended for airborne use. A Warrior vehicle with UN markings, on the making of the eponymous film. ...
For other uses, see Air-to-ground missile. ...
A Russian Mil Mi-24 attack helicopter. ...
Airborne Military parachuting form of insertion. ...
 A Norwegian antitank platoon equipped with NM142 TOW missile launchers There have also been dedicated antitank vehicles built on ordinary armoured personnel carrier or armoured car chassis. Examples include the U.S. M901 ITV (Improved TOW Vehicle) and the Norwegian NM142, both on an M113 chassis, several Soviet ATGM launchers based on the BRDM reconnaissance car, and the German Raketenjagdpanzer series built on the chassis of the HS 30 and Marder IFV. Download high resolution version (882x380, 97 KB)Picture of 3 NM142s, taken in Blåtind Skytefelt in Northern Norway during Joint Winter 2000 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Download high resolution version (882x380, 97 KB)Picture of 3 NM142s, taken in Blåtind Skytefelt in Northern Norway during Joint Winter 2000 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
3 NM-142s in Northern Norway The NM-142 is an anti-tank variant of the American M-113 APC, the difference being that it is equipped with a TOW2 turret, developed in Norway by Kvaerner Eureka. ...
Armoured personnel carriers (APCs) are armoured fighting vehicles developed to transport infantry on the battlefield. ...
The M901 ITV (Improved TOW Vehicle) is a United States Army armored vehicle designed to carry a dual M220 TOW launcher. ...
3 NM-142s in Northern Norway The NM-142 is an anti-tank variant of the American M-113 APC, the difference being that it is equipped with a TOW2 turret, developed in Norway by Kvaerner Eureka. ...
The M113 is an armored personnel carrier family of vehicles in use with the US military and many other nations. ...
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The BRDM-2 (Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dosornaya Maschina, БОЕВАЯ РАЗВЕДЫВАТЕЛЬНАЯ ДОЗОРНАЯ МАШИНА, litterally Combat Reconnaissance/Patrol Vehicle †) is an armored scout car used by Russia and the former Soviet Union. ...
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Marder is a German infantry fighting vehicle operated by German Army from the 1960s through the present day. ...
A US Army mechanized infantry battalion has four infantry companies with TOW missile–armed Bradley IFVs and can bring a large concentration of accurate and lethal fire to bear on an attacking enemy unit that uses AFVs. The United States Army is the largest, and by some standards oldest, established branch of the armed forces of the United States and is one of seven uniformed services. ...
The M2 Bradley IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle) and M3 Bradley CFV (Cavalry Fighting Vehicle) are American infantry fighting vehicles manufactured by BAE Systems Land and Armaments, (formerly United Defense, originally FMC). ...
Missile carrying vehicles however are referred to as anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) carriers instead of tank destroyers. In modern times a tank destroyer is an armored fighting vehicle with a large caliber cannon which is not a tank because it does not fit into all the criteria defining a tank. A tank is an armored vehicle which runs on tracks and has a large caliber direct fire cannon in a 360 degrees rotating enclosed turret. This makes large caliber gun vehicles that have an open turret (M36 Jackson), do not have a turret (Strv 103, Kanonenjagdpanzer) or which run on wheels instead of tracks (Centauro, PTL02) tank destroyers. For other uses, see Air-to-ground missile. ...
M36 during the Battle of the Bulge in January, 1945 The Gun Motor Carriage M36 was an American tank destroyer in World War II. It was often referred to as the Jackson or Slugger. ...
The Stridsvagn 103 (Strv 103), or S-Tank, is a Swedish tank. ...
The Kanonenjagdpanzer (also known as Jagdpanzer Kanone 90mm, or tank destroyer, gun) was a German post-war tank destroyer equipped with a 90mm anti-tank gun. ...
The Centauro is a wheeled tank-destroyer developed by a consortium of manufacturers, the Consorzio Iveco Fiat - Oto Melara. ...
Some gun-armed tank destroyers continue to be used. The German Army had specialized Kanonenjagdpanzer, similar in design to the WWII tank destroyers, from the mid-1960s until the 1980s. In the same time frame, Sweden developed armoured forces: the Strv 103, armed with a 105 mm cannon (however its actual combat role is uncertain). The People's Republic of China has developed the tracked PTZ89 and the wheeled PTL02 tank destroyers. PTZ89 is armed with a 120 mm smoothbore cannon while PTL02, developed by NORINCO for the PLA new light (rapid reaction) mechanised infantry divisions, carries a 100 mm rifled gun. PTL02 is built on the 6×6 wheeled chassis of the WZ551 APC. Italy and Spain use the Italian-built Centauro, a wheeled tank destroyer with a 105 mm cannon. The gun-armed tank destroyer may possibly see revival in the US Army through the introduction of the Stryker, more specifically, the M1128 Mobile Gun System, a Stryker variant armed with a 105 mm cannon which has remote control and autoloading capabilities. The German Army (German: [1], [IPA: heÉ] ) is the land component of the Bundeswehr (Federal Defence Forces) of the Federal Republic of Germany. ...
The Kanonenjagdpanzer (also known as Jagdpanzer Kanone 90mm, or tank destroyer, gun) was a German post-war tank destroyer equipped with a 90mm anti-tank gun. ...
The Stridsvagn 103 (Strv 103), or S-Tank, is a Swedish tank. ...
The WZ551 is a Chinese APC that resembles the VAB APC. The WZ551 comes in two variations: the 4X4 APC looks like the VAB the 6X6 APC (only version) Peoples Liberation Army Ground Force land arm of the Peoples Liberation Army Peoples National Army land arm of...
The Centauro is a wheeled tank-destroyer developed by a consortium of manufacturers, the Consorzio Iveco Fiat - Oto Melara. ...
For other uses, see Stryker (disambiguation). ...
The Mobile Gun System is an eight-wheeled armored fighting vehicle mounting a 105 mm tank gun, derived from the Mowag Piranha. ...
Ironically, modern tank destroyers, due to being more mobile than tanks, are more suitable for low-intensity and urban warfare that are being fought in the War on Terrorism. Some are considering the possibility of replacing tanks with lightweight, wheeled tank destroyers to deal with elusive insurgents encountered in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Originally, the Canadian Forces had considered replacing their aging Leopard 1 tanks with the Stryker Mobile Gun System, essentially creating a tank destroyers-only force but with the use of IED that are capable of destroying Strykers, had opted to buy Leopard 2 tank for now. The Leopard is the primary post-WWII German tank design, a design that has been in use as the primary main battle tank for most European countries in various versions since the early 1960s. ...
Munitions rigged for an IED discovered by Iraqi police in Baghdad, November 2005. ...
The Leopard 2 is a German main battle tank built by the German company Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann, developed in the early 1970s and first entering service in 1979, replacing the earlier Leopard 1 as the foremost MBT in the Bundeswehr. ...
References - Harry Yeide, (2005) The Tank Killers: A History of America's World War II Tank Destroyer Force. Havertown, PA: Casemate. ISBN 1-932033-26-2
- Perret, Bryan (1987). Soviet Armour Since 1945. London: Blandford Press. ISBN 0-7137-1735-1.
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