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A tank destroyer, tank hunter or tank killer is a type of armoured fighting vehicle, predominantly intended for anti-tank duties. They are typically armed with a direct fire artillery gun, also known as a self-propelled anti-tank gun, or missile launcher, also called an anti-tank missile carrier.
World War II armored fighting vehicles of the United States. Tank destroyers of the United States. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
The M18 Hellcat (officially designated the 76 mm Gun Motor Carriage M18 or M18 GMC) is a tank destroyer used by the United States Army in World War II and the Korean War.
World War 2 saw a dizzying array of Tank Destroyers deployed, some all-new designs while others were built from existing vehicles. There are a total of [ 42 ] WW2 Tank Destroyersentries in the Military Factory. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order (1-to-Z).
The Sd Kfz 173 Jagdpanther was Germany's greatest tank destroyer of the Second World War. An idea that came from Hitler himself, the Jagdpanther combined the reliable Panther tank chassis with the immense firepower of the PAK 43 88mm gun.
tank destroyer, a highly mobile lightly armoured tank-type vehicle that was used to fight tanks in World War II. Tank destroyers tended to have relatively thin side and rear armour, and the gun was mounted in an open turret or in a casemate that had only a limited traverse.
Tank Destroyers were the U.S. Army's response to Germany's Blitzkrieg armored victories over Poland and France in the early years of World War II. Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair, head of army doctrine and training, decided that mobile, powerfully gunned antitank units were the best way to defeat enemy tanks.
