Anti-tank rifle — TOCrightAn anti tank rifle is a rifle designed to penetrate the armour of vehicles, particularly tanks. The usefulness of rifles for this purpose ran from the introduction of tanks into the Second World War, when they were rendered obsolete.… … Wikipedia
Anti-tank warfare — Anti tank refers to any method of combating military armored fighting vehicles, notably tanks. The most common anti tank systems include artillery with a high muzzle velocity, missiles (such as wire guided HEAT), various autocannons firing… … Wikipedia
High explosive anti-tank warhead — 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 … Wikipedia
Tank desant — ( ru. танковый десант, tankovyy desant ) is a military combined arms tactic, where infantry soldiers ride into an attack on tanks, then dismount to fight on foot in the final phase of the assault. Desant (from fr. descente to disembark) is a… … Wikipedia
Rocket-propelled grenade — RPG, or rocket propelled grenade, is a loose term describing hand held, shoulder launched anti tank weapons capable of firing an unguided rocket equipped with an explosive warhead. RPG is a transliteration of РПГ, the Russian abbreviation of… … Wikipedia
Rocket — This article is about vehicles powered by rocket engines. For other uses, see Rocket (disambiguation). A Soyuz U, at Baikonur Site 1/5 A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust from a rocket engi … Wikipedia
Tank — For other uses, see Tank (disambiguation). Tank A former British Arm … Wikipedia
Rocket launcher — For other uses, see Rocket launcher (disambiguation). Shoulder launched weapons avoid the problem of recoil by directing all exhaust out the rear of the launch tube (Swedish AT4) … Wikipedia
Rocket Propelled Grenade — Die russische RPG 7. Die reaktiven Panzerbüchsen sind tragbare Waffen zur Panzerabwehr, gehören somit zu den Panzerabwehrhandwaffen. Sie verschießen HEAT bzw. Hohlladungsgeschosse, die mit Rückstoß anstatt mit konventionellen Treibladungen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Rocket Propelled Grenade — n. RPG, Soviet made hand held anti tank weapon fired from the shoulder and fires out of a tube an unguided rocket equipped with an explosive warhead … English contemporary dictionary
