anti-tank
Defeats armored vehicles
Anti-tank describes weapons, defenses, or tactics designed to destroy or disable armored vehicles, especially tanks: anti-tank missiles, anti-tank mines, anti-tank guns.
The term emerged with tank warfare in World War I and remains standard military terminology.
Also written as one word: antitank.
Self-guided airborne weapon
- rocketPropulsion-driven spacecraft
- launcherDevice that sends projectiles
- rifleLong-barreled shoulder weapon
- gunProjectile-launching weapon
grenade · mine · recoilless · bazooka · Javelin · RPG · guided · shoulder-fired
Surprise strike from concealment
- flankingAt the sides of
- concealmentAct of hiding something
- camouflageConcealment through visual blending
- interdictionAuthoritative prohibition or blockade
engagement · maneuver · enfilade · obstacle · ditch · hedgehog · minefield · barrier
Something that enters forcefully
- sabotCarved wooden footwear
- tungstenElement seventy-four
- warheadMunition's explosive section
- armor-piercingDefeats protective plating
subcaliber · hypervelocity · spalling · ballistics · trajectory · penetration · HEAT
Something blocking the way
- ditchShallow excavated channel
- hedgehogSpiny nocturnal mammal
- minefieldExplosive-laden territory
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
trench · bunker · fortification · emplacement · berm · entrenchment · strongpoint · perimeter
missile
Self-guided airborne weapon
- rocketPropulsion-driven spacecraft
- launcherDevice that sends projectiles
- rifleLong-barreled shoulder weapon
gun · grenade · mine · recoilless · bazooka · Javelin · RPG · guided · shoulder-fired · wire-guided
ambush
Surprise strike from concealment
- flankingAt the sides of
- concealmentAct of hiding something
- camouflageConcealment through visual blending
interdiction · engagement · maneuver · enfilade · obstacle · ditch · hedgehog · minefield · barrier · trench
penetrator
Something that enters forcefully
armor-piercing · subcaliber · hypervelocity · spalling · ballistics · trajectory · penetration · HEAT
obstacle
Something blocking the way
barrier · trench · bunker · fortification · emplacement · berm · entrenchment · strongpoint · perimeter · roadblock
- combat rolesrifleman, infantryman, sniper, medic, scout
- Armor-Piercingpenetrator, hardened steel, depleted uranium, sabot, subcaliber
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
- Weaponryrifles, shotguns, grenades, missiles, bombs