ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Tank-destroyer

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Tank-destroyer is a noun meaning Rare form of tank destroyer.

Meaning

Rare form of tank destroyer.

Example Sentences

I have no doubt that they will try to provide tank-destroyers.
The tank-destroyer was a kind of armored car with a 76mm cannon.
Belgium’s newest article of warfare is the “tank-destroyer.” It is a small tank, run by a continuous drive, and pulls a powerful field gun.
“Balloon” aprons for air defence; bigger and better artillery of the clouds, firing 1lb. shells at 100 a minute; machine-guns to excel the Czecho-Slovak “Bren” type (worked by gas and firing 600 shots a minute); tank-destroyers of flat trajectory great range and high power of penetration; above all, the “torpedo-proof” warship—here are but a few of the elaborate “killers” and “saviours” to which the ablest human talents are at this moment turned.

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