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	Lone Sentry: WWII German AntiTank Weapons (WWII U.S. Intelligence Bulletin, Nov. 1944) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		German antitank weapons are divided into several classes. The main class comprises guns built specifically for antitank missions and falls into three groups—guns of conventional German design, guns built with tapered-bore tubes, and captured antitank weapons.
		Another important class of antitank weapons is composed of the self-propelled antitank guns, or tank destroyers.
		Since many antitank guns of obsolete models still are in service, the Germans have introduced the stick bomb, another development of the hollow charge, in an effort to make the most of such equipment.
	www.lonesentry.com /german_antitank (3147 words)

	Lone Sentry: New Hollow-Charge Antitank Grenade for Close Combat (WWII Tactical and Technical Trends, October 1944, WW2 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Close-combat antitank methods and matériel are strongly emphasized by the German Army as a result of experience on the Eastern front.
		The antitank rifle in its original form is entirely obsolete, though an attempt was made to increase its effectiveness by modifying it permanently to launch an antitank hollow-charge grenade.
		The German tables of issue for close-combat antitank weapons to various units are heavy, especially in the case of the recoilless antitank grenade with launcher as far down as companies.
	www.lonesentry.com /articles/ttt_faustpatrone (1528 words)

	Cluster Bombs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The antitank bomb cluster is an air-launched, conventional free-fall weapon.
		Mk 118 Mod 0 and Mod 1 Antitank Bomblets
		In the antitank bomb Mk 118 Mod 1, the fuzing system is a Mk 1 Mod 1, and the bombs are loaded in the Mk 20 Mod 6 bomb clusters only.
	www.ordnance.org /cluster_bombs.htm (1097 words)

	Combined Arms Research Library
		Antitank units were the Australian 2-3d Antitank Regiment with four of its six batteries-the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th; the three brigade antitank companies; and the British 3d RHA Antitank Regiment, with its M and J Batteries but minus D Battery.
		The mobile antitank guns of M Battery, 3d RHA, were to the Germans' left, and the 1st RHA was dug in and hull down on the east side of the El Adem road, on the German right flank (see map 8).
		The antitank weapons, which are considered artillery by the British, are under the command of the division artillery commander in the British forces, and he is responsible for so placing his artillery and antitank guns that they will be mutually supporting.
	www-cgsc.army.mil /carl/resources/csi/miller/miller.asp (15898 words)

	Military Medicine: Injuries from Antitank Mines in Southern Croatia
		The objective of this retrospective study was to analyze antitank mine casualties in South Croatia during the period from 1991 to 1995.
		Antitank mines are designed for the destruction and damage of armored and other vehicles, usually by creating mine-fields on the roads used by tanks.
		The war in Croatia had the characteristics of conventional contemporary conflict with the significant use of mine-explosive devices.3-9 The conditions for the application of antitank mines were markedly favorable.10, 11 Antitank mines amount to 20% of the presumed total 2 million land mines laid during the war in Croatia.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3912/is_200404/ai_n9394518 (1442 words)

	Lone Sentry: Balanced Antitank Protection, German (WWII U.S. Intelligence Bulletin, October 1942) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Antitank protection is vital to the successful accomplishment of a combat mission; therefore, suitable antitank weapons are provided for each unit.
		The antitank units which are organic parts of infantry regiments, battalions, or companies contribute their fire power to the support and protection of their own organizations.
		Those antitank units which are organic parts of corps and divisions constitute a reserve force which, because of their mobility, can be rushed to decisive areas as determined by the general situation.
	www.lonesentry.com /articles/bal_antitank/index.html (429 words)

	FM 90-10 Appendix B Weapons Effects And Employment
		The general employment considerations for antitank weapons contained in organizational How-to-Fight manuals are applicable to offensive and defensive operations or urbanized terrain.
		Antitank weapons can be used in this role; none, however, is as effective as heavy direct-fire weapons (tank/artillery) or standard demolitions.
		The use of antitank guided missiles (ATGMs) to breach or destroy structural targets or fortifications, although possible, is inefficient because of the high cost and limited availability of missiles.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/policy/army/fm/90-10/90-10apb.htm (2996 words)

	Cycling Belgium's Waterways: Antitank Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Antitank Canal: Oelegem - St-Job-in-'t- Goor (10 km)
		The antitank canal (the line of squares north and east of Antwerpen on the Kempen map) was constructed as a defense (modern moat) for Antwerp.
		The antitank canal (or ditch) was designed to strengthen six of the forts by connecting them with a modern moat that would be capable of stopping tanks.
	www.gamber.net /cyclebel/antitank.htm (537 words)

	Soviet Defensive Tactics at Kursk, July 1943
		Prewar views on antitank defense mandated the fielding of six to nine antitank guns (a number that proved woefully inadequate in the face of German Army assaults in June 1941) on a front of 1 kilometer integrated into defensive positions to a depth of 3 kilometers.
		Antitank defenses matured as the Soviets increasingly integrated antitank strongpoints and regions throughout the entire depth of the defense.
		For antitank defense, the division formed nine to twelve antitank strongpoints and antitank regions throughout the depth of its combat formation, which, likewise, increased to from five to eight kilometers.
	www-cgsc.army.mil /carl/resources/csi/glantz2/glantz2.asp (13272 words)

	Line-of-Sight Antitank (LOSAT)
		The Line of Sight Antitank (LOSAT) is a dedicated antitank weapon system capable of providing a high volume of accurate fires at ranges exceeding those of current tank main guns.
		LOSAT is a dedicated antitank weapon system providing a high rate of extremely lethal fire at ranges exceeding tank main gun range, making it capable of defeating any known or projected armor system.
		The Line-of-Sight Antitank consists of Kinetic Energy Missiles (KEM) and a second-generation FLIR/video acquisition sensor mounted on an air-mobile, heavy HMMWV chassis.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ground/losat.htm (1864 words)

	Lone Sentry: New 75-mm Antitank Gun, German Pak (WWII U.S. Intelligence Bulletin, July 1943) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		antitank gun and tank gun are probably the substitution, in the antitank gun, of mechanical firing and percussion primer for electric firing and primer; the chamber of the antitank gun is also probably much longer.
		The 75-mm antitank gun is mounted on a split-trail carriage, with torsion springing; this springing is automatically cut out when the trails are open.
		While the muzzle velocity is high, the tube is of monobloc construction and the propellant charge is very large; in view of this, the safety factor may be regarded as somewhat doubtful.
	www.lonesentry.com /articles/75mm/index.html (487 words)

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	On German Antitank Artillery
		The 1930's concept of an antitank gun was a weapon which was light (for mobility), small (for concealibility) and still capable of penetrating the armor of the current generation of tanks.
		During the war, antitank guns increased in size relative to the increased size of the tanks it was expected to defeat.
		This class of weapon was so successfully developed and deployed that by the end of the war, the large caliber antitank guns lost their former importance as troops relied on these simpler, but very effective weapons.
	www.geocities.com /TimesSquare/Arena/5096/germ_at.htm (568 words)

	Antitank
		Antitank weapons can include guns of various sizes, antitank guided missile launcher systems, rocket and grenade launchers, mines and their delivery systems, and other obstacle systems.
		Antitank guns include towed guns and self-propelled antitank guns (also known as tank destroyers).
		This is a robust antitank weapon, with a high rate of fire and rapid mobility.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/land/row/antitank.htm (875 words)

	Hezbollah Terrorist Organization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Mount Dov sector — 29 June — antitank missiles and mortar shells were fired at IDF positions.One soldier sustained medium — severe injuries.1 July — antitank missiles and mortar bombs were fired at IDF posts in Mount Dov and Mount Hermon.No IDF casualties.
		Antitank missiles and rockets with phosphorus warheads were fired at IDF positions.
		Antitank and mortar fire at IDF positions in Mount Dov.
	www.intelligence.org.il /eng/bu/hizbullah/pb/app1.htm (599 words)

	Precision-Guided Munitions And The Neutron Bomb
		It was also in 1978 that the Center for Defense Information in Washington, D.C., announced that the United States and NATO forces have 49 separate types of antitank weapons in their inventory or under development, which range from hand-carried devices (evolutions of the World War II bazooka) to air-launched, precision-guided munitions from airplanes and helicopters.
		The second generation of precision-guided antitank weapons are still classed as fire-and-follow but they are laser-guided instead of visibly.
		In the area of second generation, man-portable antitank weapons, the successor to DRAGON is the laser-guided VIPER.
	www.cato.org /pubs/pas/pa015.html (5427 words)

	AT Weapon INFO
		The tank gunner tracks the target visually using a monocular periscope; the missile is guided automatically to the target on which he keeps the cross-hairs of his sight.
		The 9K118(?) Sheksna (AT-12) is a laser-beam riding, antitank missile launched from the main gun of a an improved T-62 main battle tank.
		The T-12 is a 100-mm smoothbore antitank gun mounted on a two-wheeled, split-trail carriage, with a single caster wheel near the trail ends.
	www.armscontrol.ru /atmtc/Arms_systems/Land/Missiles/AntiTankMissile/atinfo.htm (2801 words)

	RED THRUST STAR
		An antitank regiment is supposed to be able to take on a brigade attack from an unprepared deployment line with a 90% chance of success; a battalion should tackle a battalion attack with similar prospects of repulsing it.
		Antitank battalions should be reinforced with howitzers and air defense, at least as they enter battle.
		This is also true of all types of unit and formation that are assigned wide sectors in maneuver defense, or even in positional defense, given the greatly increased accuracy and destructiveness of air-delivered and indirect fire, and the consequent rapid loss of combat effectiveness to be expected on sectors where the enemy concentrates his fire.
	fmso.leavenworth.army.mil /RED-STAR/issues/OCT95/OCT95.HTML (17525 words)

	Standing Fast: German defensive doctrine on the Russian front during world war II
		Although antitank rifles would be available in all parts of the German defensive zones, the crew-served antitank guns (Panzerabwehr Kanonen, or Paks) and direct-fire artillery would generally be located to the rear of the main line of resistance.
		Although panzers were not considered antitank weapons themselves, the Germans did develop a doctrinal role for their armored forces that exploited the tank's offensive nature and conformed neatly to the Elastic Defense format.
		German antitank measures followed the 1918 outlines: enemy tanks would have their accompanying infantry stripped away; their advance would be obstructed by mines and obstacles; and a mixture of direct-fire artillery, antitank gunfire, and individual close assault would destroy those tanks that actually penetrated the German defensive positions.
	www-cgsc.army.mil /carl/resources/csi/Wray/wray.asp (18623 words)

	British weapons used during Operation Market Garden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Boys antitank rifle, a.58-caliber single-shot rifle, couldn’t penetrate the Panzer Mark III's armor; the Number 68 Grenade, a heavy “sticky” grenade, required the soldier to close to within a few yards of his target.
		The 6-pounder antitank gun (57 millimeters) was normally mounted on a split-trail wheeled carriage.
		In August 1941, a mockup of this new heavy gun -the 17-pounder antitank gun- was unveiled.
	www.ramskov.nu /krih/marketgarden/british_weapon.htm (2309 words)

	RED THRUST STAR
		Dummy (extremely shallow) antitank ditches can be dug to fool aerial reconnaissance and the existence of minefields can be simulated through deceptive ploughing or digging and the apparently careless leaving of mine packaging, marker strikes and signs, et cetera.
		Note that this reinforcement of the antitank defense was planned within the formation of the first echelon, with a secondary, depth position.
		The deployment of antitank weapons is not in orderly lines, but (presumably) making the best use of cover,and is it designed to produce a layered defense and to achieve surprise.
	fmso.leavenworth.army.mil /red-star/issues/APR95/APR95.HTML (14072 words)

	World War II Online HQ
		In emplacing antitank guns, the Germans prefer positions in enfilade or on reverse slopes.
		Although single antitank guns sometimes engage enemy tanks at ranges up to 1,000 yards, main antitank defenses usually hold their fire until the range is reduced to about 150 to 300 yards.
		Thus the Germans avoid blinding their own antitank gunners, and leading hostile tanks not only are left without adequate support but are silhouetted against the smoke.
	www.hq.wwiionline.com /articles/anti_tank.shtml (266 words)

	The Go For Broke Educational Foundation >> History >> Historical Information >> Campaigns
		For three weeks in the summer of 1944 the Antitank Company of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team was stationed in the hills and towns outside Livorno, Italy.
		As one team of Antitank men marched toward their objective, they were saddened to see 15 dead paratroopers.
		On October 20 the Antitank Company was relieved and rejoined the 442nd in time to help in the rescue of the Lost Battalion.
	www.goforbroke.org /history/history_historical_campaigns_southern.asp (769 words)

	Antitank Assault Gunner: A description for the antitank assault gunner job
		Antitank Assault Gunner: Positions, fires, and maintains antitank and assault weapons, for example recoilless rifle, portable flame thrower, and multishot portable flame weapon: Prepares weapons and equipment for movement.
		Fires antitank and assault weapons at fixed and moving targets.
		Constructs and camouflages positions and ground obstacles for antitank and assault squads.
	www.job-descriptions.org /antitank-assault-gunner.html (218 words)

	FINNISH ARMY 1918 - 1945: ANTITANK GUNS PART II
		Antitank training centre started soon training crews for them and the Finns lost couple of these guns in combat already during this first war.
		Their structure was also somewhat unique: Wheels of the gun could be removed and front part of gun put on top of a plate-like foot, this gave carriage a three point stand that was both stable and low, making spotting and hitting the gun more difficult for the enemy.
		PstK/38 was the first antitank gun in Finnish inventory that was too heavy for few men to effectively push it around, in situations in which gun positions were about to be overrun by Soviet infantry this made taking the gun with the retreating crew quite problematic.
	www.jaegerplatoon.net /AT_GUNS2.htm (3872 words)

	ANTITANK MISSILE SYSTEMS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		One of the basic assets contributing to success of both offensive and defensive operations has been and remains antitank missile (ATGM) systems which can be portable and transportable/portable or carried by vehicles such as wheeled trucks, infantry fighting vehicles (IFV), armored personnel carriers (APC), tanks, helicopters and aircrafts.
		The antitank guided missiles provided with HE, HE/fragmentation and fuel-air explosive warheads considerably enhance the tactical capabilities of the ATGM systems.
		Thus high fighting capabilities of the systems we offer give us grounds to regard them not only as specialized antitank weapons but also as high-precision multipurpose defense-and-assault weapon which can defeat a large varieties of targets in all tactical depth of the enemy formation.
	www.shipunov.com /eng/atgw/atgw.htm (446 words)

	57 mm ZIS-2 antitank gun model 1941 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		As a result, in 1940, Soviet leaders have demanded of Soviet engineers to develop an antitank gun that would combat with tanks with thick armor.
		They have abandoned their projects of 95 mm divisional and tank guns and have began some projects of 107 mm guns.
		It could fire a 3.14-kg AP round with 1150 m/s; barrel length was of 86 calibers.
	www.battlefield.ru /guns/atg_4.html (745 words)

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