Tank
Armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat.
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Main battle tank
A main battle tank (MBT), also known as a battle tank or universal tank, is a tank that fulfills the role of armor-protected direct fire and maneuver of many modern armies.
Gun turret
Mounting platform from which weapons can be fired that affords protection, visibility and ability to turn and aim.
Mounting platform from which weapons can be fired that affords protection, visibility and ability to turn and aim.
The term cupola is also used for a rotating turret that carries a sighting device rather than weaponry, such as that used by a tank commander.
Armoured warfare
Use of armored fighting vehicles in modern warfare.
Use of armored fighting vehicles in modern warfare.
Much of the application of armoured warfare depends on the use of tanks and related vehicles used by other supporting arms such as infantry fighting vehicles, self-propelled artillery, and other combat vehicles, as well as mounted combat engineers and other support units.
Anti-tank guided missile
Guided missile primarily designed to hit and destroy heavily armored military vehicles.
Guided missile primarily designed to hit and destroy heavily armored military vehicles.
It was intended to be light enough to deploy with airborne forces, yet powerful enough to knock out any tank then in service (it used a 26 kg high-explosive squash head warhead).
Cruiser tank
The cruiser tank (sometimes called cavalry tank or fast tank) was a British tank concept of the interwar period for tanks designed as modernised armoured and mechanised cavalry, as distinguished from infantry tanks.
Flanking maneuver
Movement of an armed force around an enemy force's side, or flank, to achieve an advantageous position over it.
Movement of an armed force around an enemy force's side, or flank, to achieve an advantageous position over it.
Armored vehicles such as tanks replaced cavalry as the main force of flanking maneuvers in the 20th century, as seen in the Battle of France in World War II.
Heavy tank
Heavy tank is a term used to define a class of tanks produced from World War I through the end of the Cold War.
Armoured fighting vehicle
Armed combat vehicle protected by armour, generally combining operational mobility with offensive and defensive capabilities.
Armed combat vehicle protected by armour, generally combining operational mobility with offensive and defensive capabilities.
Tanks, armoured cars, assault guns/armoured self-propelled guns, infantry fighting vehicles and armoured personnel carriers (APC) are all examples of AFVs.
Western Front (World War I)
One of the main theatres of war during the First World War.
One of the main theatres of war during the First World War.
To break the deadlock of trench warfare on the Western Front, both sides tried new military technology, including poison gas, aircraft, and tanks.