Editing Tank destroyer (section)

== Subsequent developments ==
===Missile-based tank destroyers===

[[File:NM142 x 3.jpg|thumb|A Norwegian anti-tank platoon equipped with [[NM142]] TOW missile launchers]]
[[File:Pzj Tow PIRANHA - Schweizer Armee - Steel Parade 2006.jpg|thumb|[[Mowag Piranha]]–based, [[BGM-71 TOW|TOW]]-armed ATGM carrier of the [[Swiss Army]]]]
[[File:Nag missile test on 8 July 2019.jpg|thumb|[[NAMICA]], a contemporary Indian Tank destroyer based on the [[BMP-2]] chassis and equipped with the [[Nag (missile)|NAG]] anti-tank missiles.]]

In the face of the Warsaw Pact, a general need for extra firepower was identified. In the late 1960s, West Germany developed the [[Kanonenjagdpanzer]], essentially a modernized World War II Jagdpanzer mounting a {{nowrap|90 mm}} gun. As Soviet designs became more heavily armoured, the {{nowrap|90 mm}} gun became ineffective and the Kanonenjagdpanzers were retrofitted for different roles or retired. Some provisions were made for the fitting of a 105 mm cannon, and many of the vehicles were modified to fire [[Euromissile HOT|HOT]] or [[TOW missile]]s in place of a main gun. These upgraded variants remained in service into the 1990s.<ref>Gelbart 1996 p137-8</ref>

With the development of flexible [[anti-tank missile]]s, which were capable of installation on almost any vehicle in the 1960s, the concept of the tank destroyer has morphed into light vehicles with missiles. With the weight of [[main battle tank]]s growing to the forty to seventy-tonne range, airborne forces were unable to deploy reasonable anti-tank forces. The result was a number of attempts to make a light vehicle, including the conventional [[ASU-85]], [[M56 Scorpion]], the recoilless rifle-armed [[Ontos]], and missile-armed [[Humber Hornet]] armoured truck and [[M551 Sheridan|Sheridan]] light assault vehicle. The recent entries into that category are the [[2S25|2S25 Sprut-SD]], armed with a current-issue 125 mm tank gun that is also capable of launching missiles like the [[9M119 Svir]], and Israeli-modified [[Pandur II]]s, which is to enter service with the [[Philippine Army]] by 2022 armed with an Elbit Turret and a 105 mm gun.

Many forces' [[infantry fighting vehicle]]s (IFVs) carry [[anti-tank missile]]s in every infantry platoon, and [[attack helicopter]]s have also added anti-tank capability to the modern battlefield. But there are still dedicated anti-tank vehicles with very heavy long-range missiles, and ones intended for [[Airborne forces|airborne]] use.

There have also been dedicated anti-tank vehicles built on ordinary [[armoured personnel carrier]] or [[armored car (military)|armored car]] chassis. Examples include the U.S. [[M901 ITV|M901 ITV (Improved TOW Vehicle)]] and the Norwegian [[NM142]], both on an [[M113 armored personnel carrier|M113]] chassis, several [[Soviet Army|Soviet]] ATGM launchers based on the [[BRDM]] reconnaissance car, the British [[FV438 Swingfire]] and [[FV102 Striker]] and the German [[Raketenjagdpanzer]] series built on the chassis of the [[HS 30]] and [[Marder (IFV)|Marder]] IFV. [[India]] fields the NAMIS (Nag Missile System) equipped with [[Nag Missile]]s on certain modified [[BMP-2]] [[Infantry fighting vehicle|IFV's]] called [[Nag (missile)|NAMICA]].

A [[United States Army|US Army]] combined arms battalion has two infantry companies with TOW missile-armed [[M2 Bradley|Bradley IFVs]] and can bring a large concentration of accurate and lethal fire to bear on an attacking enemy unit that uses AFVs. They can be complemented by mobile units of AH-64 Apache helicopters armed with Hellfire antitank missiles.

Missile carrying vehicles are often referred to as [[anti-tank missile carriers]] instead of tank destroyers.

===Postwar gun-based tank destroyers===
[[File:Senegalese PTL-02 tank destroyer near the Gambian border, c. 2017.png|thumb|Chinese-built PTL-02 tank destroyer armed with a {{convert|100|mm|in|sp=us}} cannon, being used by the Senegalese military near the Gambian border in 2017.]]
Despite the proliferation of ATGMs, some gun-armed tank destroyers remain in use. China has developed the tracked [[Type 89 (Tank Destroyer)|PTZ89]] and the wheeled [[PTL02]] tank destroyers. The PTZ89 is armed with a {{nowrap|120 mm}} smoothbore cannon while the PTL02, developed by NORINCO for the PLA's new light (rapid reaction) mechanized infantry divisions, carries a {{convert|100|mm|in|sp=us}} one (a version armed with a 105 mm rifled gun is available for export). The PTL02 is built on the 6×6 wheeled chassis of the [[WZ551]] APC.

Italy and Spain use the Italian-built [[B1 Centauro]], a wheeled tank destroyer with a {{nowrap|105 mm}} cannon.

Russia, meanwhile, uses the Russian-built [[2S25 Sprut-SD]], operating as an amphibious light tank/tank destroyer armed with a {{convert|125|mm|in|sp=us}} cannon.

The Sabrah Pandur II is a wheeled tank destroyer variant of the [[Sabrah light tank]] developed by the [[Elbit Systems]] of Israel for the [[Philippine Army]]'s future combat systems.