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Aerospace Daily STORY Besides aiding forces on the ground, Spike also could serve as a low-cost complement to the Hellfire air-to-ground, anti-tank missile, another relatively expensive weapon that has been successfully fired in combat from Predator UAVs, program representatives said. It also will have urban warfare applications because the missile will be able to go through a window before exploding. The Naval Air Warfare Center's Weapons Division is developing the Spike missile and launcher system initially for use by people on the ground. aviationnow.com /avnow/news/channel_aerospacedaily_story.jsp?id=news/navy05063.xml   (420 words)

High explosive anti-tank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Anti-tank missiles altered the nature of tank warfare throughout the 1960s and into the 80s, and remain an effective system today. HEAT rounds caused a revolution in anti-tank warfare when they were first introduced in the later stages of World War II. High explosive anti-tank, more commonly known as HEAT, rounds are made of an explosive shaped charge that uses the Neumann effect (a development of the Munroe effect) to create a very high velocity jet of metal in a state of superplasticity that can punch through solid armor. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/High_explosive_anti-tank   (420 words)

GoArmy.com > America's Army Game > Features Building on the equipment available in America’s Army: Operations, America’s Army: Special Forces adds the M4 Carbine featuring the Picatinny rail mod system for attaching laser-aiming devices and sighting systems; the MP5SD6 Remington 870 shotgun for forced entry; the AT4, a shoulder-fired anti-tank rocket and the BDM, a shoulder-fired bunker demolition munition. Players are bound by the laws of land warfare, Army values (honor, duty and integrity) and realistic rules of engagement as they navigate challenges in teamwork-based multiplayer force vs. force operations. Take part in missions that span the capabilities of a Special Forces detachment, including unconventional warfare, direct action, surveillance and reconnaissance and Combat Search and Rescue. www.goarmy.com /aarmy/features.jsp   (420 words)

Anti-Tank Rifle, Cannon & Machine Gun, WWII - Inert-Ord.net It is ironic that forward thinking anti-tank rifle development produced a variety of finely engineered weapons optimized for an outmoded form of warfare. Few anticipated the advancements in tank technology during the next 20 short years which resulted in a surprisingly dominate and mobile force on the modern battlefield. Combined with the fact that tank armor was quickly reaching thickness impenetrable by even these behemoths, the days of an effective anti-tank rifle were over. www.inert-ord.net /atrkts/50-55-20   (464 words)

Amazon.com: Tank Killing: Anti-Tank Warfare by Men and Machines: Books Hogg's "Tank Killing" is an enjoyable book that attempts to cover all aspects of anti-tank warfare - one man anti-tank weapons, tank destroyers, tanks, anti-tank guns, aircraft weapons, and smart weapons. Tank Killing is the first record of the history of anti-tank weapons, tactics and defenses up to the present day. With its debut in the mud fields of the First World War's "Western Front", the tank has been recognized as a decisive component in land warfare, and so soldiers and scientists have used all their ingenuity to devise ways to destroy it. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1885119402?v=glance   (967 words)

Tank - Open Encyclopedia Although the tank would eventually make the trench warfare of World War I obsolete, they were not a decisive factor in that war. Since an immobilized tank is an easy target for mortars, artillery, and the specialized tank hunting units of the enemy forces, speed is normally kept to a minimum, and every opportunity is seized upon to move tanks on wheeled tank transporters and on railways instead of under their own power. Paradoxically, a tank is usually in its safest state when the commander is in a personally unsafe position, riding in the open, head out of the turret, with no personal protection save his helmet and a flak jacket. open-encyclopedia.com /Tank   (3777 words)

Anti-tank Hogg's "Tank Killing" is an enjoyable book that attempts to cover all aspects of anti-tank warfare - one man anti-tank weapons, tank destroyers, tanks, anti-tank guns, aircraft weapons, and smart weapons. Small cannon and large-calibre rifles were used against early WWI tanks being introduced by the BEF many of which proved to be useless. In 1973 Yom Kippur War Soviet first-generation wire guided missiles being by the Egyptian forces inflicted heavy casualties IDF tank units a battle that caused major crisis of confidence for tank designers. www.freeglossary.com /Anti-tank   (1031 words)

Tank - Open Encyclopedia Although the tank would eventually make the trench warfare of World War I obsolete, they were not a decisive factor in that war. Since an immobilized tank is an easy target for mortars, artillery, and the specialized tank hunting units of the enemy forces, speed is normally kept to a minimum, and every opportunity is seized upon to move tanks on wheeled tank transporters and on railways instead of under their own power. Paradoxically, a tank is usually in its safest state when the commander is in a personally unsafe position, riding in the open, head out of the turret, with no personal protection save his helmet and a flak jacket. open-encyclopedia.com /Tank   (3777 words)

Tank - Open Encyclopedia Although the tank would eventually make the trench warfare of World War I obsolete, they were not a decisive factor in that war. Since an immobilized tank is an easy target for mortars, artillery, and the specialized tank hunting units of the enemy forces, speed is normally kept to a minimum, and every opportunity is seized upon to move tanks on wheeled tank transporters and on railways instead of under their own power. Paradoxically, a tank is usually in its safest state when the commander is in a personally unsafe position, riding in the open, head out of the turret, with no personal protection save his helmet and a flak jacket. open-encyclopedia.com /Tank   (3777 words)

Expeditionary Warfare Operations, Technology Division, S&T Thrust Areas, MCM, Definitions Bounding Mine.  (Jane's Mines and Mine Clearance 2002-2003) An anti-personnel mine which is activated either by a tripwire or by pressure.  The activation of the fuze causes a primary charge to be initiated which ejects the mine to a predetermined height before the main fragmentation charge is initiated. Anti-magnetic.  (Jane's Mines and Mine Clearance 2002-2003) A term sometimes used to describe an object with a minimal magnetic signature, meaning that it is difficult or impossible to detect using a magnetometer.  Anti-magnetic does not mean the same as magnetic influence. Mine Detection Dog (MDD).  (Jane's Mines and Mine Clearance 2002-2003) A dog selected and trained to detect explosive vapors and other signatures in order to locate buried mines.  MDD are often capable of locating buried ordnance and tripwires as well as mines. www.onr.navy.mil /sci_tech/special/353_exped/definition.asp?css=printer   (3957 words)

TANKBUSTERS: AIRBORNE ANTI-TANK GUNS IN WW2 As such, it was much less powerful than the Army's 2 pdr anti-tank gun, but the attack speed of the aircraft helped to provide a penetration quoted as 50-55mm (range and striking angle not specified). The advent of highly mobile tank warfare at the start of World War 2 prompted a search for ways of destroying tanks from the air, with variable success. Put simply, the heavy machine guns and 20 mm cannon were capable of hitting the tanks easily enough, but insufficiently powerful to damage them, except occasionally by chance. www.quarry.nildram.co.uk /tankbusters.htm   (3957 words)

WW II & Korean War Dog History I At first the war dog program was conducted largely as an experiment to determine which, if any, types of militarily trained dogs might be of value to the Army in modern warfare. It was soon found that dogs of five years were too old to begin their training so the maximum procurement age was lowered first to three and one half years and then to two in the fall of 1944 when most of the dogs were being trained for tactical service. He noted that the dogs had no fear of water or travel by small boats, He reported that messenger dogs demonstrated that they could cover distances of from 600 to 1,000 yards with great speed over any kind of terrain and that their chances of getting through were excellent as they presented small targets. www.uswardogs.org /id24.html   (6409 words)

Nase noviny - Boys Anti-Tank Rifle The mobile style of European warfare with the mailed fist of massed tanks, introduced by the Wehrmacht and aptly called 'blitzkrieg', did not give the firer enough time to wait and let its prey approach, therefore its success on the battlefields of Europe was limited. Already during WWI an increased performance of specially designed rifles enabled the soldiers to pierce the armour of tanks with the help of an easily portable anti-tank rifle. Its use was wide-spread over most theatres of war, being used both as a portable infantry anti-tank rifle and a weapon fitted into armoured cars, but had the greatest success in North Africa, where it could handle the front armour of most Italian tanks. www.geocities.com /nasenoviny/BoysEN.html   (386 words)

Anti-Tank Rifle, Cannon & Machine Gun, WWII - Inert-Ord.net It is ironic that forward thinking anti-tank rifle development produced a variety of finely engineered weapons optimized for an outmoded form of warfare. Few anticipated the advancements in tank technology during the next 20 short years which resulted in a surprisingly dominate and mobile force on the modern battlefield. Combined with the fact that tank armor was quickly reaching thickness impenetrable by even these behemoths, the days of an effective anti-tank rifle were over. www.inert-ord.net /atrkts/50-55-20   (464 words)

High explosive anti-tank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia HEAT rounds caused a revolution in anti-tank warfare when they were first introduced in the later stages of World War II. High explosive anti-tank (HEAT) rounds are made of an explosive shaped charge that uses the Neumann effect (a development of the Munroe effect) to create a very high-velocity jet of metal in a state of superplasticity that can punch through solid armor. HEAT was particularly useful to them because it allowed the low-velocity large-bore guns used on their numerous assault guns to become useful anti-tank weapons as well. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/High_explosive_anti-tank   (1705 words)

German Weapons These same accounts tell the high price paid by the crews for employing a weapon not designed for anti-tank warfare. With Guderian’s intervention, these new tank destroyers were allocated to all types of armored units.Panzer Tracts offers for the first time unrivaled coverage of Jagdpanzer in one 60-page book. weapons both issued and make-shift, utilized by Germany's "Tank Killers", 312 www.aberdeenbookstore.com /german_weapons.htm   (1705 words)

Lahti AT Rifle In the beginning of the 1960s Lahti rifles were decidedly outdated for both anti-aircraft and anti-tank work and the Defence Ministry sold over 1000 Lahti rifles along with 200 000 rounds of 20 mm ammunition to gun collectors in the United States. The Lahti Model 39 anti-tank rifle was a large, heavy weapon with a rifle stock, pistol grip, an over-the-barrel magazine remiscent of the Bren machine gun) and a long barrel covered with a perforated barrel jacket. During the trench warfare period of 1942-43 the Lahti ATR was used extensively against bunkers and found to be accurate enough to hit enemies through firing slits. www.saunalahti.fi /~ejuhola/7.62/lahti20mm.html   (877 words)

TAB F - Did Iraq Have Chemical Mines The large center mine is an anti-tank mine, surrounded by three anti-personnel mines. Three anti-personnel mines are placed one meter from an anti-tank mine, facing the enemy. In the first, a Canadian soldier assigned to a UN peacekeeping force after the Iran-Iraq War thought he identified a mine that Iraq had filled with chemical warfare agent. www.gulflink.osd.mil /marine_breaching_ii/marine_breaching_ii_tabf.htm   (440 words)

Armed Forces - a8a9 - British Army - The Royal Engineers - Mine Warfare - Mine-Laying - Shielder - Barmine (Anti-Tank) - MK.7 Mine (Anti-Tank) - Claymore Mine (Anti-Personnel) - Mine Detectors - L77A1 - Mine Clearance - Python Armed Forces - a8a9 - British Army - The Royal Engineers - Mine Warfare - Mine-Laying - Shielder - Barmine (Anti-Tank) - MK.7 Mine (Anti-Tank) - Claymore Mine (Anti-Personnel) - Mine Detectors - L77A1 - Mine Clearance - Python In British Army service, Shielder will only lay anti-tank mines. First purchased from the US in 1963, the Claymore is an effective anti-infantry weapon that is likely to remain in service for many years to come. www.armedforces.co.uk /army/listings/l0066.html   (937 words)

Tank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Explosive reactive armour, or ERA, is another major type of protection against high explosive antitank weapons, in which sections of armour explode to dissipate the focussed explosive force of a shaped charge warhead. Tank organizations (or armoured units) are usually employed with infantry in combined arms warfare, supported by engineers, artillery, aircraft, and other support arms. High explosive antitank weapons (HEAT), such as the bazooka, were a new threat in the Second World War. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tank   (8152 words)

Association for Asia Research- North Korea's war strategy of massive retaliations against US attacks (Part III) A North Korean infantry division has 3 infantry regiments, 1 artillery regiment (3 battalions of 122 mm rocket launchers and 1 battalion of 152 mortars), one tank battalion of 31 tanks, one anti-tank battalion, one anti-aircraft battalion, one engineer battalion, one communication battalion, one light-infantry battalion, one recon battalion, and one chemical warfare battalion. Tank battles in Korea will be fought on hilly terrains without any close air cover, because North Korean fighters will engage US planes in close dog fights. The largest tank battle was fought at Kursk in 1943, in which the Soviets defeated Germans. www.asianresearch.org /articles/1359.html   (2103 words)

Spike LR Long Range Anti Tank (ATGM) Missile The missile is safe to operate from enclosed spaces, which is an essential capability for combat from protected firing positions and in urban warfare. This capability enable the crew to launch the missile at observed targets, which cannot be seen from the firing position, such as targets hidden beyond hills and defilade, or behind smoke screen. Further reduction of weight is enabled by utilizing the missile's imaging seeker for target acquisition, which eliminate the need for a dedicated thermal sight which weighs 4 kg. www.defense-update.com /directory/spike-lr.htm   (338 words)

Nase noviny - Boys Anti-Tank Rifle The mobile style of European warfare with the mailed fist of massed tanks, introduced by the Wehrmacht and aptly called 'blitzkrieg', did not give the firer enough time to wait and let its prey approach, therefore its success on the battlefields of Europe was limited. Already during WWI an increased performance of specially designed rifles enabled the soldiers to pierce the armour of tanks with the help of an easily portable anti-tank rifle. Its use was wide-spread over most theatres of war, being used both as a portable infantry anti-tank rifle and a weapon fitted into armoured cars, but had the greatest success in North Africa, where it could handle the front armour of most Italian tanks. www.geocities.com /nasenoviny/BoysEN.html   (338 words)

Anti-Tank Rifle, Cannon & Machine Gun, WWII - Inert-Ord.net It is ironic that forward thinking anti-tank rifle development produced a variety of finely engineered weapons optimized for an outmoded form of warfare. Combined with the fact that tank armor was quickly reaching thickness impenetrable by even these behemoths, the days of an effective anti-tank rifle were over. Few anticipated the advancements in tank technology during the next 20 short years which resulted in a surprisingly dominate and mobile force on the modern battlefield. www.inert-ord.net /atrkts/50-55-20   (338 words)

Project on Defense Alternatives - Defensive Military Structures in Action: Historical Examples From a defensive perspective, Iraq would have more wisely invested in modern, mobile air defenses, basic electronic warfare countermeasures, advanced mines and means for their rapid emplacement, reconnaissance drones, and high- performance multiple launch rocket systems. Also, their air defense missiles and guns seemed largely reliant on a single means of target detection and acquisition: radar. The defensive line ran across the Isthmus for about 43 miles (70 km) and was anchored by heavy coastal batteries at Koivisto in the west and Kaarnajoki and Yllapaa at the Lake Ladoga end. www.comw.org /pda/webbtl.htm   (5606 words)

:: U.S. Pacific Fleet Online :: The two-day Navy and Air Force anti-surface warfare exercise Resultant Fury 05-01 concluded in the Central Pacific today with the targeting and destruction of a decommissioned Navy ship: Personnel from both services worked together to destroy multiple mobile seaborne targets and attack the ex-USS Schenectady, a decommissioned tank landing ship (LST). www.cpf.navy.mil   (5606 words)

News: December 7, 2001 - World Policy Institute - Research Project The Apache is capable of carrying 16 Hellfire anti-tank missiles, 76 Hydra anti- personnel rockets, and 1,200 rounds of armor-piercing ammo. Long range, subsonic cruise missile used for land attack warfare, launched from surface ships and submarines. The missile armed Predator was tested successfully by the Air Force less than a year ago, and rushed into operation, using the battlefield of Afghanistan as a testing range. www.worldpolicy.org /projects/arms/news/weapons120701.html   (2229 words)

MIGHTY MITE: The Spike Missile SPIKE can be installed on a range of platforms used to engage tanks, armored vehicles, hardened shelters and low flying slow targets such as helicopters. Size isn't everything - just ask the Naval Air Warfare Center, which is successfully testing the SPIKE missile, the smallest fire-and-forget missile around. And while a Javelin missile costs about $75,000, a SPIKE missile is expected to cost only about $4,000, while the SPIKE launcher costs $6,000 (compared to the Javelin launcher cost of $125,000). www.military.com /soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_SPIKE,,00.html?ESRC=soldiertech.nl   (866 words)

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