anti-tank weapon

Destroys armored vehicles

An anti-tank weapon is any armament designed to destroy or disable armored vehicles, especially tanks.

The category includes shoulder-fired rockets and missiles, specialized rifles, mines, and guided munitions.

Infantry anti-tank weapons like the bazooka and RPG give foot soldiers a fighting chance against armor: The squad positioned their anti-tank weapons along the ridge.

Related

launcher · armor-piercing · infantry · Javelin · fire and forget · HEAT · warhead · recoilless · shoulder-fired · turret · penetration · ambush · kill zone · bunker · military · destruction · projectile · explosive

Categories
Opposites
target type

anti-tank weaponsmall arms

Handheld military weapons

antipersonnel mine · machine gun · surface-to-air missile · rifle · anti-aircraft gun

offensive vs. defensive role

anti-tank weapontank

Large storage vessel

reactive armor · armored vehicle · main battle tank · armor plating · armored personnel carrier

Family

anti, tank, weapon, antis, tanks, tanked, tanking, weapons, weaponry

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Rated PG