The Antitank Encyclopedia
It's very clear that as soon as tanks were introduced on the battlefield, in the great war and to be more precise at Flers-Courcelette in April 1917, during the battle of the Somme, by the British, sthe Germans were scared and the new weapon proved its worth; However soon, reports of these new vehicles trigerred a variety of responses from the German Empire: Instructions to fire in direct trajectory on the tanks, using K-bullets on regular rifles and deveoping a dedicated antitank rifle. This was only the beginning.
Development in WW2
During WW2, belligerents used dozens of different models of antitank weapons, ranging from interwar antitank rifles to dual purpose high velocity guns like the feared German 88 mm, mines and even rockets. WW2 showed also a race to have these new antitank guns placed in armoured vehicles and tanks as soon as possible. At the end of the war, cruisers-caliber guns were not uncommon on the battlefield, but infantry, with the Panzerfaust or the Bazooka, now had means to defeat tanks.Cold war Tech
The great revolution of the cold war, already tested in 1944, was the missile. Instead of trying to fire on a tank at a distance, it was soon found safer and more effective to send a missile on a tank or any armoured vehicle. Soon, missiles entered the fray and rapidly earned their battlefield laurels at multiple occasions. Tanks were protected against them, in a race which is still on today. From heavy missiles to portable ones such as the RPG, the catalog of antitank weaponry and new adversaries for tanks, like dedicated planes such as the A-10 and Frogfoot or combat helicopters, further complicated the environment in which armoured vehicles operates. It clearly made it more threatening, in particular in an urban environment.
WWI antitank guns & rifles
As entente tanks entered the fray, the Germans quickly adapted past the surprise and adopted the K bullet, the Tankgewehr M1918 rifle, the MG18, and the antitank gun 3.7 cm TAK 1918. These were the first attempts to stop tanks, and a race, which is still not over, started more than 100 years ago...

Killing Tanks became an industry
It was clear for all in 1918 that tanks needed a countermeasure, and interwar light guns, even machine-guns and still rifles seemed to do the job. But with armour progresses, heavier guns and infantry weapons such as the piat, bazooka and panzerfaust became a new threat for tanks.

The missile revolution
Both NATO and the Warsaw pact, benefiting from German research in 1945, progressed in the field of missiles, and the 1950s saw an explosion of models, even carried by dedicated tanks or going to infantry fighting vehicles. Armour progressed accordingly and the race intensified until 1990, and is not over yet.

A global industry
A paradox of 2020 is that tanks are somewhat contested or abandoned, their conception going back sometimes 40 years prior, while versatile infantry fighting vehicles of all kind, wheeled or tracked, seems on the rise. Whereas guns are no longer used, new AT missiles seems defeated by armor for the first time.
Antitank Guns & Antitank List:

- 13.2 MG 18 TuF (WWI)
- 3.7 cm TAK 1918 (WWI)
- 25 mm Hotchkiss ATG (Fr)
- 25 mm APX modèle 1937 (Fr)
- Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun (Jap)
- 2.8 cm sPzB 41 (Nazi Germany)
- AC 37 AT gun (Fr)
- 3.7 cm PaK 35/36 (Nazi Germany)
- 37-mm anti-tank gun M1930 (1-K) (USSR)
- Type 94 37 mm (Japan)
- 37 mm Bofors (Sweden)
- 37 mm gun M3 (US)
- 3,7cm KPÚV vz. 34 (Czechoslovakia)
- 3,7cm KPÚV vz. 37 (Czechoslovakia)
- Ordnance QF 2 pounder (UK)
- Vickers Type 40 mm AT/AA Gun (Japan)
- 4.2 cm PaK 41 (Nazi Germany)
- 45 mm anti-tank gun M1932 (19-K) (USSR)
- 45-mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) (USSR)
- 45-mm anti-tank gun M1942 (M-42) (USSR)
- C.47 F.R.C. Mod.31 (Belgium)
- 47 SA 37 (Fr)
- Type 1 anti-tank gun (Japan)
- 4cm kanón vz. 36 (Czechoslovakia)
- 4,7cm KPÚV vz. 38 (Czechoslovakia)
- 4.7 cm Böhler (Austria)
- Cannone da 47/32 M35 (Italy)
- AC 47 anti-tank gun (Fr)
- 47 mm Schneider-Concordia (Romania)
- 5 cm PaK 38 (Nazi Germany)
- 57-mm anti-tank gun M1941 and M1943 (ZiS-2) (USSR)
- QF 6 pounder 7 cwt (UK)
- 57mm M1 Antitank Gun (US)
- 7.5 cm PaK 97/38 (Nazi Germany)
- 7.5 cm PaK 40 (Nazi Germany)
- 7.5 cm PaK 50 (Nazi Germany)
- 75 mm Reșița Model 1943 (Romania)
- 7.5 cm PaK 41 (Nazi Germany)
- 7.62 cm PaK 36(r) (Nazi Germany)
- 76.2 QF 17 pounder Gun (UK)
- 76.2 3-inch Gun M5 (US)
- 8 cm PAW 600 (Nazi Germany)
- 8.8 cm PaK 43/41 (Nazi Germany)
- 90mm Gun (US)
- 85 mm vz. 52 (Czechoslovakia)
- 85 mm antitank gun D-48 (USSR)
- MECAR KEnerga 90mm Belgium
- GIAT CN90F1/DEFA D921 (Fr)
- Pak 57 (Switzerland)
- 10 cm PAW 1000 (Nazi Germany)
- 100-mm field gun M1944 (BS-3) USSR
- 2A19/T-12 USSR
- 2A29/MT-12 Russia
- 100 mm vz. 53 Czechoslovakia
- Type 86 anti-tank gunf China
- 100 mm anti-tank gun M1977 Romania
- 105mm Gun T8 US
- 2A60 Russia
- 2A45 Russia
- 12.8 cm PaK 44 Nazi Germany
Antitank Missiles:

- Australian Malkara
- Argentina: Mathogo
- Belarus: Shershen
- Brazil: MSS-1.2 * FOG-MPM * ALAC
- Canada: ERYX
- China: CM-501G * AFT-10 * PA02-MA * PA01-GA * TS-01 * HJ-73 * HJ-8 * HJ-9 * CM-502KG * HJ-11 * HJ-10 * BA-9 * BA-7 * AR-1 * AKD-10 * Type 98 anti-tank rocket * Type 78/65 * AFT-10 * HJ-12
- Croatia: AT-4
- France: APILAS * Entac * ERYX * SS.10 * SS.11 * MILAN * MMP
- Germany: Cobra/Cobra 2000 * Mamba * HOT * PARS 3
- Hungary: 44M HU
- India: DRDO ATM * Amogha * Nag * MPATGM * VEM Jasmine
- Indonesia: Saxhorn-2/Metis-M
- Iran: RAAD * Tosan * Dehlavie * Saeghe * Toophan
- Israel: Orev * MAPATS * LAHAT * Spike * Nimrod
- Italy: Mosquito
- Japan: Type 64 MAT * Type 79 Jyu-MAT * Type 87 Chu-MAT * Type 96 MPMS * Type 01 LMAT
- Jordan: Terminator
- North Korea: Bulsae-1 * Bulsae-2 * Bulsae-3
- South Korea: Hyungung (Raybolt)
- Pakistan: Baktar Shikan
- Poland: Pirat (ATGM)
- Serbia: Bumbar * ALAS
- South Africa: ZT3 Ingwe * Mokopa
- USSR/Russia: Drakon (IT-1) * Taifun * 3M6 Shmel (AT-1 Snapper) * 3M11 Falanga (AT-2 Swatter) * 9M14 Malyutka (AT-3 Sagger) * 9M111 Fagot (AT-4 Spigot) * 9M112 Kobra (AT-8 Songster) * 9M113 Konkurs (AT-5 Spandrel) * 9K114 Shturm (AT-6 Spiral) * 9K115 Metis (AT-7 Saxhorn) * 9K115-2 Metis-M (AT-13 Saxhorn-2) * 9K116-1 Bastion (AT-10 Stabber) * 9K118 Sheksna (AT-12 Swinger) * 9M119 Svir * 9M119M Refleks (AT-11 Sniper) * 9M120 Ataka (AT-9 Spiral-2) * 9K121 Vikhr (AT-16 Scallion) * 9M123 Khrizantema (AT-15 Springer) * 9M133 Kornet (AT-14 Spriggan) * 9M133M Kornet-M * Hermes-A
- Sweden: Bantam * RBS 56 BILL * RBS 56B BILL 2 * MBT LAW
- Switzerland: Cobra
- Turkey: Cirit * Mızrak-O * UMTAS * Karaok manpad
- United Kingdom: Malkara * Red Planet * Swingfire * Brimstone * Vickers Vigilant * MBT LAW
- United States: M47 Dragon * Javelin * SRAW BGM-71 TOW * AGM-114 Hellfire
- Ukraine: RK-3 Corsar * Skif (ATGM)
Blast type Antitank Mines:
Shaped charge/Misznay Schardin effect Antitank Mines:
Adrushy, ARGES, AT2, ATM 6/7/2000E, BAT/7, FFV 016/028, HAK-1, Hohl-Sprung, HPD-1/2/3, K441/442, Kasia 100/170, L14A1, KB-PTM, KRIZNA-D, M21/24, MC-71, MIACAH F1, MI AC Disp F1 Minotaur, MIFF, Mine Anti-Tank Non-detectable 1A/3A, MN-111/121/123, MPB, MSM MK2, MUSA/MUSPA, No 8 mine, Panzer stab 43, PARM 1/2, PD Mi-PK, PT Mi-D1, PT Mi-P, PT Mi-U, PTM-3, Pz Mi 88, SATM, SB-MV/1, SLAM, T-93, TM-72/83/89, TMK-2, TMRP-7, Type 84, UKA-63, VS-HCT/2/4, VS-SATM1 mine.Full-width Antitank Mines:
Barmine, BAT/7, FFV 028 (Stridsvagnsmina 6), MSM MK2, Riegel mine 43, Riegel mine 44, V-3 (N5) mine, VS-HCT/HCT2/HCT4 mine.Side-attack Antitank Mines:
Addermine, Anti-Transport, ARGES/MACPED, ATIS, ATM 6, ATM 7, AVC 100, AVC 195, FFV 018, L14A1, Kasia 100/170/200, M24, MON-100/200, MPB, PARM 1/2, PD Mi-PK, PMN-150/250, TEMP 30, TM-83, wide area M93 HORNET mine.Antitank guns












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