assault gun
Armored mobile artillery
An assault gun is a tracked armored vehicle mounting a large-caliber gun in a fixed casemate rather than a rotating turret, designed primarily for infantry support and destroying fortifications.
The term arose in World War II with vehicles like the German Sturmgeschütz.
In contemporary usage, assault gun sometimes appears loosely—and controversially—as a synonym for assault rifle or assault weapon in gun control debates, though firearms experts consider this imprecise.
- armored vehiclePlated combat transport
- cannonLarge mounted gun
- armoredProtected by metal covering
- infantryGround combat troops
- close combatFighting at short range
Wehrmacht · turret · shell · direct fire · Panzer · firepower · fire support · breakthrough · tracked · low profile · caliber · muzzle · recoil · self-propelled · barrel · ammunition · battlefield · armor-piercing
- Tank warfaretank, tanks, main battle tank, MBT, heavy tank
- military vehiclestank, tanks, supply trucks, fuel tankers, troop carriers
- tracked vehiclestracked vehicle, tank, bulldozer, excavator, crawler
- armored vehiclestank, armored car, armored truck, armored vehicle, armored personnel carrier
- light artilleryhowitzer, mortar, cannon
assault gunmain battle tank
Primary armored fighting vehicle
heavy tank · T-34 · tank · light tank · tank destroyer
assault gundefensive weapon
fortification · shield · armor · bunker · anti-aircraft gun
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