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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. The vehicles are designed specifically to engage ...
1 May 1943, Camp Hood, Texas. 20 May 1944 Camp Rucker, Alabama. 20th Tank Destroyer Group. 8 May 1943, Camp Hood, Texas. 23 November 1945, Camp Gruber, Oklahoma. Served as United States Ninth Army Rear Detachment. 21st Tank Destroyer Group. 15 May 1943, Camp Hood, Texas. 22 November 1945, Camp Shelby, Mississippi.
Tank destroyers PTZ-89: 120 mm tank destroyer 230 China: Missile carriers AFT-10 Carrier: Anti-tank missile carrier China: In service. HJ-10 missile deployed on ZBD-04A, ZBL-08, FAW MV3 ground vehicle platforms. AFT-9 Carrier: Anti-tank missile carrier China: In service. HJ-9 missile deployed on WZ-551 ground vehicle platform. AFT-8C/D/E Carrier
The most widely deployed self-propelled artillery vehicles in NATO service are the M109 howitzer and Panzerhaubitze 2000. As of 2022, the AS-90, AMX-30 AuF1, K9 Thunder, T-155 Fırtına, and AHS Krab are each operated only by their country of origin, except for the K9 Thunder which is Korean but operated by Norway.
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. Despite being equipped with the same main gun as some variants of the much larger Sherman tank, the M18 attained a much higher top speed of up to 55 mph (89 km/h) by keeping ...
The M36 tank destroyer, formally 90 mm Gun Motor Carriage, M36, was an American tank destroyer used during World War II. The M36 combined the hull of the M10 tank destroyer , which used the M4 Sherman's reliable chassis and drivetrain combined with sloped armor , and a new turret mounting the 90 mm gun M3 .
M10 tank destroyer. Categories: World War II tank destroyers. 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 tank destroyer battalion was a type of military unit used by the United States Army during World War II. The unit was organized in one of two different forms—a towed battalion equipped with anti-tank guns, or a mechanized battalion equipped with armored self-propelled guns. The tank destroyer units were formed in response to the German ...