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Tank Destroyers are an interesting variant of armoured vehicles.
They are basically used just to kill tanks as they tend to have heavier cannon then tanks. They do not have turrets (although some American design's did) a lower profile. They as a rule can not fire while moving. To save weight they have thin armor on the rest and sides but thick armor.
They are used most often in defensive positions or ambushes.
During WW2 the US, Germany and the Soviets built and used them.
Today they are not generally used.
Where they effective. Certainly sometimes they were. Mark Felton has an interesting video on the Jadtiger which in English means hunting tiger.
The Jadtiger was to little and to late and we're not mechanically reliable but nonetheless for the brief period that they were used at the end of WW2 they were deadly to allied tanks.
Kirk's Raiders
They are basically used just to kill tanks as they tend to have heavier cannon then tanks. They do not have turrets (although some American design's did) a lower profile. They as a rule can not fire while moving. To save weight they have thin armor on the rest and sides but thick armor.
They are used most often in defensive positions or ambushes.
During WW2 the US, Germany and the Soviets built and used them.
Today they are not generally used.
Where they effective. Certainly sometimes they were. Mark Felton has an interesting video on the Jadtiger which in English means hunting tiger.
The Jadtiger was to little and to late and we're not mechanically reliable but nonetheless for the brief period that they were used at the end of WW2 they were deadly to allied tanks.
Kirk's Raiders
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