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  • adjective military Designed for attacking armored vehicles, such as tanks and armored personnel carriers.

Etymologies

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anti- +‎ armor

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Examples

  • The Predator is equipped with radar, infrared cameras, and two laser-guided AGM-114 Hellfire antiarmor missiles.

    What Women Want Paco Underhill 2010

  • The Predator is equipped with radar, infrared cameras, and two laser-guided AGM-114 Hellfire antiarmor missiles.

    What Women Want Paco Underhill 2010

  • The Soviet Army was also in midproduction of its first rocket-propelled grenade, the RPG-2, an antiarmor weapon based on a Nazi-era German pattern.

    The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010

  • Each crate contained multiple M72 LAW antiarmor weapons.

    American Assassin Vince Flynn 2010

  • Specifically, the Georgian military should be given the antiaircraft and antiarmor systems necessary to deter any renewed Russian aggression.

    Europe's New Dividing Line? 2008

  • Rebuilding Georgia's security forces is part of it with heavy emphasis on "antiaircraft and antiarmor systems necessary to deter any renewed Russian aggression."

    Stoking Tensions, Risking Confrontation: A High Stakes US Gamble with Russia 2008

  • Rebuilding Georgia's security forces is part of it with heavy emphasis on "antiaircraft and antiarmor systems necessary to deter any renewed Russian aggression."

    Stoking Tensions, Risking Confrontation: A High Stakes US Gamble with Russia 2008

  • Specifically, the Georgian military should be given the antiaircraft and antiarmor systems necessary to deter any renewed Russian aggression.

    Russia's Aggression Is a Challenge to World Order Lindsey Graham 2008

  • Infantry squads can supplement the antiarmor fires of the tanks and BFVs with Javelin missiles, which have a maximum range of 2,000 meters.

    FM 71-1 Chapter 4 Defensive Operations United States Army 1998

  • To prepare for an engagement in a wooded area where engagement ranges are extremely short, an antiarmor specialist might dismount with an AT4 instead of a Javelin.

    FM 71-1 Chapter 2 Battle Command United States Army 1998

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