Encyclopedia Of Modern Armor: Anti Tank Weapons

From the battlefields of Flanders onwards, the ultimate ground weapon was the tank. Developed to break the deadlock of trench warfare, nothing that preceded it ...could stand against it. The search for an anti-tank weapon had begun. At the beginning of World War II, the standard German anti-tank weapon was the little 37mm PaK 35 and 36 which could penetrate only 1 inch of sloped armor at 500 yards. By the end of the war, the supreme tank destroyer was the Jager-tiger with an ability to penetrate 10 inches at 1000 yards. Land mines could also be used with devastating effect and took a heavy toll on the Sherman Tanks whose floor plates were only a half-inch thick. Detailed info »« Brief info