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Russia's tank stoppers; Part I: ground-launched anti-tank guided missiles.
From:
Journal of Electronic Defense
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June 1, 2004| Author:
Fiszer, Michal
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The Soviet Union and then Russia developed more types of anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) systems than any country in the world. This does not change the fact that the ATGM was a weapon of secondary importance due to its defensive nature. At the same time, the Soviet Union had the largest armored force in the world, and Soviet doctrine was geared toward offensive operations. Defensive operations were to be conducted only temporarily in order to create conditions for transitioning to ...
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