antitank

See also: anti-tank

English

Alternative forms

• anti-tank

Soviet antitank rocket-propelled grenade launcher

Etymology

From anti- +‎ tank.

Adjective

antitank (not comparable)

1. (military) Of weapons or tactics, designed for attacking tanks or other armored vehicles.

   A TOW missile is an antitank weapon capable of killing everyone in a tank from great distance.

Synonyms

• anti-armour, anti-armor
• AT (abbreviation)

Translations

designed for attacking tanks or other armored vehicles

• Belarusian: проціта́нкавы (procitánkavy)
• Catalan: antitanc m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反戰車 / 反战车 (fǎnzhànchē), 反坦克 (zh) (fǎntǎnkè)

• Czech: protitankový (cs) m
• Finnish: panssarintorjunta- (fi)
• French: anti-char (fr)
• Galician: antitanque
• Georgian: ტანკსაწინააღმდეგო (ṭanḳsac̣inaaɣmdego), ჯავშანტექნიკის საწინააღმდეგო (ǯavšanṭekniḳis sac̣inaaɣmdego)
• Greek: αντιαρματικός (el) m (antiarmatikós)
• Japanese: 対戦車 (ja) (たいせんしゃ, taisensha)
• Kazakh: танкіге қарсы (tankıge qarsy)
• Khmer: ប្រឆាំងនឹងរថក្រោះ (prɑcʰaŋ nɨŋ rʊət krɑh)
• Korean: 대전차(對戰車) (daejeoncha)
• Macedonian: противтенковски (protivtenkovski)
• Polish: przeciwpancerny (pl), przeciwczołgowy (pl)
• Portuguese: antitanque, antitanques, anticarro, anticarros
• Romanian: antitanc (ro)
• Russian: противота́нковый (ru) (protivotánkovyj)
• Swedish: pansarvärns-
• Ukrainian: протита́нковий m (protytánkovyj)
• Vietnamese: chống tăng

See also

• armour-piercing, armor-piercing
• shaped-charge, hollow-charge
• anti-personnel/antipersonnel