Editing Armoured fighting vehicle (section)

==== Tank destroyer ====
{{Main|Tank destroyer|Anti-tank missile carrier|Anti-tank warfare}}

Tank destroyers and tank hunters are armed with an [[anti-tank gun]] or [[anti-tank missile]] launcher, and are designed specifically to engage enemy armoured vehicles. Many have been based on a tracked tank chassis, while others are wheeled. Since World War II, main battle tanks have largely replaced gun-armed tank destroyers; although lightly armoured anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) carriers are commonly used for supplementary long-range anti-tank engagements.

In post-[[Cold War]] conflict, the resurgence of [[expeditionary warfare]] has seen the emergence of gun-armed wheeled vehicles, sometimes called "protected gun systems", which may bear a superficial resemblance to tank destroyers, but are employed as direct fire support units typically providing support in low intensity operations such as Iraq and Afghanistan. These have the advantage of easier deployment, as only the largest air transports can carry a main battle tank, and their smaller size makes them more effective in urban combat.

Many forces' IFVs carry anti-tank missiles in every infantry platoon, and attack helicopters have also added anti-tank capability to the modern battlefield. But there are still dedicated anti-tank vehicles with very heavy long-range missiles, or intended for airborne use. There have also been dedicated anti-tank vehicles built on ordinary armoured personnel carrier or armoured car chassis. Examples include the U.S. M901 ITV (Improved TOW Vehicle) and the Norwegian NM142, both on an [[M113]] chassis, several Soviet ATGM launchers based on the [[BRDM-2|BRDM scout car]], the British FV438 [[Swingfire]] and [[FV102 Striker]] and the [[West Germany|German]] ''Raketenjagdpanzer'' series built on the chassis of the [[HS 30]] and [[Marder (infantry fighting vehicle)|Mardar IFV]]s.

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File:M3 75mm gun motor carriage.jpg|American [[M3 Gun Motor Carriage|M3 GMC]] [[half-track]]ed tank destroyer
Image:M-36 tank destroyer at Dudelange, Luxembourg, 3 January 1945 (SC 198612).jpg|90&nbsp;mm GMC [[M36 tank destroyer|M36]] during the Battle of the Bulge in January, 1945
File:Jagdtiger 1 Bovington.jpg|British-captured [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[Jagdtiger]] in [[The Tank Museum]], the UK
File:NM142 x 3.jpg|A Norwegian anti-tank platoon equipped with [[NM142]] TOW missile launchers
File:Panzermuseum Munster 2010 0915.JPG|[[West Germany|West German]] missile tank destroyer [[Raketenjagdpanzer 2]].
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