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Anti-tank guns were also tremendously improved during the war: in 1939, the British used primarily 2 pounder and 6 pounder guns.
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Moreover, the Polish cavalry brigade order of battle of 1939 included, apart from the mounted soldiers themselves, light and heavy machine guns ( wheeled ), Anti-tank rifle, model 35, anti-aircraft weapon, artillery like Bofors 37 mm anti tank gun or light and scout tanks, etc.
Equipped with M10 Achilles self propelled anti-tank guns, the 260th Anti-tank Battery of the Norfolk Yeomanry would cover the gap between 4CLY and 5RTR.
Other armaments used included Boys Anti-tank Rifle and mobile QF 2 pounder guns.
Continuing the attack on 29 – 30 April against an enemy entrenched in elaborately prepared dugouts and behind the thick walls of the SS Training Center and an Anti-tank School which were defended by small arms, machine guns, hundreds of panzerfausts and twelve 88 mm guns, our troops killed 700 SS Troops, who fought stubbornly and fanatically.
Abdiel was also carrying twelve 6 pounder anti-tank guns of the 2nd Anti-tank Battery, and the division's reserve ammunition supply.
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Weaponry brought with them included 5, 279 rifles, 588 handguns, 321 light machine guns, 104 heavy machine guns, 206 submachine guns, 8 anti-tank rifles, 32 grenade launchers, 67 50-mm mortars, 87 60-mm mortars, 26 mortars with calibre of 81-mm or greater, 12 Anti-tank guns, 1 infantry support gun, 3 other artillery pieces, 3, 456 bayonets, and 734 horses.
Weaponry brought with them included: 6, 046 rifles, 722 handguns, 281 light machine guns, 91 heavy machine guns, 878 submachine guns, 69 grenade launchers, 31 50-mm mortars, 91 60-mm mortars, 33 mortars with calibre of 81-mm or greater, 10 Anti-tank guns, 3 mountain guns, 3 other artillery pieces, 1, 833 bayonets, and 945 horses.
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Anti-tank mines were created not long after the invention of the tank in the First World War.
While the rest of the division was training in the Middle East, the division's third artillery regiment, the 2 / 3rd Field Regiment and the 2 / 1st Anti-tank Regiment were sent to the United Kingdom to help bolster the garrison there in light of an expected invasion following the Fall of France.
Anti-tank mines were used by both sides during the Spanish Civil War.
Anti-tank mines have played an important role in most wars fought since they were first used.
Anti-tank mines were also used extensively in Cambodia and along the Thai border, planted by Pol Pot's Maoist guerrillas and the Vietnamese army, which invaded Cambodia in 1979 to topple the Khmer Rouge.
The battalion was re-roled in 1988 to become 24 Airmobile Brigade ( formerly 24 Infantry Brigade ) and were able to deploy 42 MILAN Anti-tank guided missiles.
Anti-tank devices ( chains across the road, set in concrete blocks ) were installed on the parish boundary across Tadpole Bridge that spans the River Ray.
Later in the war, when the Anti-tank Regiments were equipped with 6 pounder and 17 pounder guns, Quads were issued as tractors.
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In the future, MIB “ Iron Wolf ” will also have Air Defence and Anti-tank companies, which will ensure the brigade ’ s sustainability during operations.
Anti-tank road barriers also made it possible to block roads at necessary points of passage through the tank obstacles.
Anti-tank mines which employ a tilt-rod mechanism are also designed to detonate directly underneath the glacis plate.
The Grenade, Hand, Anti-tank, No. 75, also known as the Hawkins grenade was a British anti-tank hand grenade used during World War II.
They included the Grenade, Hand, Anti-tank No. 73, which was little more than a Thermos-sized bottle filled with TNT, and the Grenade, Hand, Anti-tank No. 74, also known as the ' Sticky bomb ', which was coated with a strong adhesive and ' stuck ' to a vehicle.
They included the Grenade, Hand, Anti-tank No. 74, also known as the ' Sticky bomb ', which was coated with a strong adhesive and ' stuck ' to a vehicle, and the No. 76 Special Incendiary Grenade, essentially a British variation on the Molotov cocktail.
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The Rifle, Anti-Tank,. 55in, Boys commonly known as the " Boys Anti-tank Rifle " ( or incorrectly " Boyes "), was a British anti-tank rifle in use during World War II.
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* Anti-tank gun, a mobile weapon used against armoured vehicles
A more versatile grenade appeared in 1942 in the form of the Grenade, Hand, Anti-tank, No. 75, more commonly known as the Hawkins grenade, which was designed so that it could be used in a number of roles.
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* BILL 2 Anti-tank guided weapon, a Swedish anti-tank weapon
** Anti-tank guided missile: 2 × AGM-114 Hellfire
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: Armoured artillery tractor for use with Ordnance QF 17 pounder towed Anti-tank gun.
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Anti-tank missiles reported in service included 400 French / German MILAN, and 620 + AT-3, AT-4, and AT-5, all of Soviet manufacture.
Anti-tank mines are typically larger than anti-personnel mines and require more pressure to detonate.
Anti-tank minefields can be scattered with anti-personnel mines to make clearing them manually more time-consuming ; and anti-personnel minefields are scattered with anti-tank mines to prevent the use of armored vehicles to clear them quickly.
Anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons reported included a number of Swingfire.
Anti-tank trenches and five rows of chevaux-de-frise blocked the road leading to the gate.
Image: Obstacles on Taunton Stop Line. JPG | Anti-tank posts each about square and projecting about, made from reinforced concrete, at the top of the eastern side of a steep railway cutting.
Anti-tank missiles altered the nature of tank warfare throughout the 1960s and into the 80s, and remain an effective system today.
* Orange William – Anti-tank missile project from the late 1950s.
* Airborne Anti-tank Battery CO: Capt.
Anti-tank missiles are guided missiles designed to target vehicles and are carry a warhead designed to penetrate heavy armor.
Anti-tank missiles are not limited to targeting tanks, but are useful against all nature of hardened targets.
For this action it was temporarily assigned as the third battalion of schweres Panzerjäger Regiment 656 (" Heavy Anti-tank Regiment 656 ") under the command of the 9th Army of Army Group Center.
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