Anti-tank gun facts for kids
An anti-tank gun is a light artillery gun used to destroy tanks. The shells they fire are usually between 25 and 90 mm caliber (1 to 3.6 inches). They were used a lot in World War II. Later wars used them less, because smaller anti-tank weapons had been invented.
Images for kids
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French-designed DEFA D921/GT-2 90mm towed anti-tank gun as mounted on a QF 17-pounder carriage.
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Two British officers with a captured Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr.
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German PaK 38 50-mm anti-tank gun
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Postwar Soviet MT-12 100-mm anti-tank gun
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A British Archer tank destroyer, based on the hull of a Valentine tank.
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See also
In Spanish: Cañón antitanque para niños
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