tank destroyer
noun
: a highly mobile lightly armored vehicle usually on a half-track or a tank chassis and mounting a cannon
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In June 1944, he was assigned to be a platoon commander of four M-10 tank destroyers.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
The Army adopted the M2 as the anti-aircraft gun of tanks, halftracks, trucks, tank destroyers, and other vehicles.
—Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2023
The first was the M10 Wolverine, a World War II tank destroyer.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2023
This German tank, knowing that I possibly would be supported by a tank destroyer, started to pull away.
—Jeremy Hsu, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2014
Audie Murphy is credited with single-handedly fighting off dozens of Germans during World War II in France by climbing aboard a burning tank destroyer while wounded and using its machine gun.
—al, 18 Mar. 2022
Edward trained with a tank destroyer unit at Fort Hood, Texas, and went to Europe in October 1944.
—Steve Bowersox, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 28 May 2021
Recently, Poland issued a requirement for a new tank destroyer vehicle.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2019
By contrast, the Germans were very prepared and had amassed more than 400,000 men, and just over 1,400 armored vehicles including tanks, tank destroyers and assault guns.
—Fox News, 16 Dec. 2019
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
The Army adopted the M2 as the anti-aircraft gun of tanks, halftracks, trucks, tank destroyers, and other vehicles.
—Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2023
The first was the M10 Wolverine, a World War II tank destroyer.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2023
This German tank, knowing that I possibly would be supported by a tank destroyer, started to pull away.
—Jeremy Hsu, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2014
Audie Murphy is credited with single-handedly fighting off dozens of Germans during World War II in France by climbing aboard a burning tank destroyer while wounded and using its machine gun.
—al, 18 Mar. 2022
Edward trained with a tank destroyer unit at Fort Hood, Texas, and went to Europe in October 1944.
—Steve Bowersox, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 28 May 2021
Recently, Poland issued a requirement for a new tank destroyer vehicle.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2019
By contrast, the Germans were very prepared and had amassed more than 400,000 men, and just over 1,400 armored vehicles including tanks, tank destroyers and assault guns.
—Fox News, 16 Dec. 2019
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“Tank destroyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tank%20destroyer. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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