Fully integrating tanks into modern military forces spawned a new era of combat: armoured warfare. These features enable the tank to perform well in a variety of intense combat situations, simultaneously both offensively (with direct fire from their powerful main gun) and defensively (as fire support and defilade for friendly troops due to the near invulnerability to common infantry small arms and good resistance against most heavier weapons), all while maintaining the mobility needed to exploit changing tactical situations. The use of tracks rather than wheels provides improved operational mobility which allows the tank to overcome rugged terrain and adverse conditions such as mud and ice/snow better than wheeled vehicles, and thus be more flexibly positioned at advantageous locations on the battlefield. They have heavy vehicle armour which provides protection for the crew, the vehicle's munition storage, fuel tank and propulsion systems. Modern tanks are versatile mobile land weapons platforms whose main armament is a large-caliber tank gun mounted in a rotating gun turret, supplemented by machine guns or other ranged weapons such as anti-tank guided missiles or rocket launchers. They are a mainstay of modern 20th and 21st century ground forces and a key part of combined arms combat.
Tank designs are a balance of heavy firepower, strong armour, and good battlefield mobility provided by tracks and a powerful engine usually their main armament is mounted in a turret. Please contact us to add credits for your images.A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Please Note: We do not claim copyright to the above images unless watermarked. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN – Tags: MILITARY POLITICS) According to local media, at least 88 delegations from 47 countries took part at the 8th biennial, International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS 2014) at the Karachi Expo Centre.
A visitor stands next to armored mannequins in front of a Pakistani tank Al-Zarrar on display during the International Defence Exhibition and Seminar “IDEAS 2014” in Karachi December 2, 2014.
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