How did they destroy tanks in world war 2?

Answer 1

There were several ways. Tanks could destroy each other with their main guns. The US also had a type of tracked vehicle, called a tank destroyer, intended to kill tanks. It had a very big gun, but no armor at all, so this turned out to be not such a good idea. Regular artillery could hurt a tank, sometimes, if the shell landed close enough. There were purpose built cannon, a type of artillery, called anti-tank guns. The one the US used was not really big enough. They'd have to hide, and wait until the tank got really close, then try to knock its treads off. Airplanes could destroy tanks with rockets or bombs. Infantry soldiers had hand-held anti-tank weapons. The US had to "bazooka", a hollow tube, about four feet long, used to fire 2.36 inch rockets, somewhat effective at close range. Better than what British troops had, which was a PIAT - a spring loaded "projector" to lob shells at tanks. The best was the German Panzerfaust, a self-propelled shaped-charge rocket, very effective. This German weapon was the direct ancestor of the Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) beloved by terrorists and militants today, suppled by the Russians, copied and improved from the German WWII Panzerfaust.