While previous technology had developed to protect the crews of armored vehicles from projectiles and from explosive damage, now the possibility of radiation arose. Through the Cold War, the United States, Soviet Union and other countries contemplated the possibility of nuclear warfare. Both the Soviet Red Army and the German Army developed methods of combating tank-led offensives, including deployment of static anti-tank weapons embedded in in-depth defensive positions, protected by anti-tank obstacles and minefields, and supported by mobile anti-tank reserves and by ground-attack aircraft.Ī British 17-pounder anti-tank gun towed behind half-track in Italy, 1 September 1944 Indian Army tank-hunting squad with anti-tank rifle and molotov cocktails in North Africa, 6 October 1940Īnti-tank warfare evolved rapidly during World War II, leading to the inclusion of infantry-portable weapons such as the Bazooka, anti-tank combat engineering, specialized anti-tank aircraft and self-propelled anti-tank guns ( tank destroyers). The most predominant anti-tank weapons at the start of World War II in 1939 included the tank-mounted gun, anti-tank guns and anti-tank grenades used by the infantry, and ground-attack aircraft. Because tanks represent an enemy's strong force projection on land, military strategists have incorporated anti-tank warfare into the doctrine of nearly every combat service since.
The first developed anti-tank weapon was a scaled-up bolt-action rifle, the Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr, that fired a 13.2 mm cartridge with a solid bullet that could penetrate the thin armor of tanks of the time and destroy the engine or ricochet inside, killing occupants. Since the Allies deployed the first tanks in 1916, the German Empire developed the first anti-tank weapons. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Ī soldier preparing to fire the FGR-17 Viper, an American experimental one-man disposable antitank rocketĪnti-tank warfare originated from the need to develop technology and tactics to destroy tanks during World War I. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. Please read the layout guide and lead section guidelines to ensure the section will still be inclusive of all essential details. Please help by moving some material from it into the body of the article. This article's lead section may be too long for the length of the article.
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