How It Works-Amazing Vehicles

Lying hull down in a prepared revetment, this

tank can engage the enemy while protected

DID YOU KNOW? The term ‘tank’ was originally used to trick the Germans into thinking they were water carriers

Mobile artillery

Tanks serve as mobile

artillery, their big guns

sighting distant

targets and fi ring on

enemy positions.

Anti-aircraft defence

With heavy machine guns, main

battle tanks are capable of

defending themselves against

low-fl ying aircraft and drones.

Defence mechanism

To defeat enemy attack,

tanks are armed with

machine guns and grenade

launchers to make smoke or

dispense countermeasures.

Command tank

The commander of a

tank formation exerts

control on the battlefi eld,

coordinating their unit.

Amphibious capability

The tracks of these beach-

storming behemoths act like

paddles to wade through water.

Bridgelayer

Rather than a turret, some tank

variants carry bridging equipment,

hydraulically extended from the

chassis across a waterway or

Gaining traction other barrier.

The large surface area of the

tracks spreads the weight of

the vehicle and enables it to

conquer any terrain.

“Some vehicles were

designed specifically to

destroy enemy tanks”

© WIKI; illustration by Ed Crook s

Tank vs tank

Tanks encounter their enemy

counterparts in battle and fi re

heavy rounds specifi cally

designed to penetrate the

opposing vehicle’s armour.

Tank roles in battle