Talk:Anti-tank warfare

This article is in serious need of reformatting. AllStarZ 04:39, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Serious need of editing more like. 82.70.225.97 08:29, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Merge from tank
The article Tank is far too large. Most of the tank section should be merged here, leaving behind a concise summary. Any objections? —Michael Z. 2006-10-18 16:52 Z 


 * I think that's appropriate - most of the information really belongs here anyway. Carom 17:48, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
 * --Jinxs 22:18, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Rewrite needed
this article has no refs and sound likes a non-formal lecturer please rewrite into a clearer, more formal format.

i recently deleted a sentence reading "The only thing that saved the south koreans and the americans from a total rout was a well organized retreat."

basically, the thing is, now matter how you put it, a retreat is a retreat. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zarzhu (talk • contribs) 00:11, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Also, the WW2 section says: "...its allies in the West were resigned to its defeat by a numerically superior Wehrmacht...". That is wrong. In fact, the Allies outnumbered the Wehrmacht in both, men and machines (-tanks-), since the very beginning of the war. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.154.195.115 (talk) 12:47, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Anti-tank aircraft section
This can/needs to be REALLY expanded!--mrg3105 (comms) ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 07:09, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Rocket man
Steven J. Zaloga, in US [sic] Anti-tank Artillery 1941-45 (Oxford: Osprey, 2005), p.8, says the combination of rocket motor and shaped charge warhead leading to bazooka put an end to U.S. Army development of light antitank guns. I just can't figure out where to put it in... TREKphiler  any time you're ready, Uhura  09:16, 2 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Silliness of the US Army section is perhaps ill-advised given the readership :) Koakhtzvigad (talk) 11:29, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

== "Among novelties designed to defeat AT missiles, some tanks (like the M-84, Yugoslav variant of T-72) fitted advanced detection sensors which, when detecting high heat signatures of a missile launch, would automatically aim and fire machine guns at the source of the launch. Facing these tanks in large numbers during the Yugoslav wars, units fighting them adapted by either firing missiles and immediately moving or by firing multiple missiles at once, which overloaded the sensors."

That's just an urban legend. I've read that in quite many places, but haven't seen a single real source for it. I'm removing it. Latre (talk) 17:37, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Molotov cocktails
Whoever writes this might want to consider: Weapons of wars, terrorism and riots. Anti-tank weapons. (Molotov cocktails) http://www.winterwar.com/Weapons/FinAT/FINantitank2.htm#molotov 220.255.114.213 (talk) 18:22, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * They go under Infantry anti-tank weaponsKoakhtzvigad (talk) 11:30, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

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Shaped charges do not produce a molten jet
I rewrote this as the material stays solid, as can be read eg. in the actuall article on shaped charges. This common misconception should not be spread.
 * Welcome to Wikipedia. WP:V and WP:RS will be some useful reading at this point.  It's one thing to claim this, but can you source it with a reliable, independent source?  If not, your change is likely to be reverted. Andy Dingley (talk) 09:41, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
 * https://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/terrorism_and_pyrotechnics/explosives/Shaped_Charges_Penetrators/Some_metalurgical_aspects_of_shaped_charge_liners.pdf
 * "It is universally agreed that conical liner collapse and target penetration both occur by hydrodynamic flow. However, it has been  established  by  X-ray  diffraction  that  the  jet  is  solid metal and not molten. Additionally, best estimates of jet  temperature  by  incandescence  colour  suggest  a  mean  value  of  about  450°C,  and  copper  melts  at  1083°C  at atmospheric  pressure.  So  the  following  conundrum  is  the  first confusion: The jet appears to behave like a fluid, and yet it is known to be a solid. One  recent  theory  that  would  help  explain  this  is  that  the jet has a molten core but with a solid outer sheath (Cullis, DERA Fort Halstead, UK)."


 * Edit: One more thought... both statements were just claims, neither one had a source. How is it determend which one stays? Why wouldnt both claims be removed untill there is a source? Simply because "it was there first"? I dont want to be annoying, Im just curious how this works and why. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.136.206.153 (talk) 07:46, 16 October 2017‎ (UTC)


 * Stay curious! The answer is: we're doing it here -- talk page discussion to reach WP:CONSENSUS.
 * In the issue here, per sources in our own Shaped charge article, there's no molten jet. (And it's called the "Monroe effect"!  No relation, though.)  --A&#8239;D&#8239;Monroe&#8239;III(talk)  03:08, 17 October 2017 (UTC)


 * "we're doing it here"
 * Yes, sure, but what if there is no (quick) way to verify the disputed points? Why would one of the claims stay in the article? And should I edit this article again now or is there still a problem? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.136.206.153 (talk) 06:06, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
 * WP's standard WP:BRD cycle can be just a day or two, but it is not guaranteed by any means to be "quick", and, yes, the "old" info tends to stay in the article during the whole time. (A few things, like WP:COPYVIO and WP:BLP, are exceptions.)  But for long disputes, it's usually because it's in a gray area, so the old info is not so obviously wrong that WP is harmed by stating the less-than-up-to-date version.  (In theory, at least.)  So far, no one's found a better method for WP consensus.
 * In this case, the only issue raised against changing was sources. I'd say go ahead and edit, copying an appropriate cite from Shape charge to support it, or any better one you may have.  --A&#8239;D&#8239;Monroe&#8239;III(talk)  19:33, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Alright, thank you for clearing that up. I think I have edited it correctly, but I was unable to make a hyperlink... oh well, its easy to find anyway. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.136.206.153 (talk) 06:13, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Okay. See Help:Referencing for beginners if you want to spruce it up.  --A&#8239;D&#8239;Monroe&#8239;III(talk)  22:05, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

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