Can minigun destroy tank?

The A10's minigun is ineffective at killing modern main-battle tanks, so I wouldn't say it's a raging sucess. In addition, it would certainly be blown up immediately if it came within shooting distance of a tank by any number of man-portable anti-air missiles.
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What rifle can destroy a tank?

The first developed anti-tank weapon was a scaled-up bolt-action rifle, the Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr, that fired a 13mm cartridge with a solid bullet that could penetrate the thin armor of tanks of the time and destroy the engine or ricochet inside, killing occupants.
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Which gun can penetrate tank?

An anti-tank rifle is an anti-materiel rifle designed to penetrate the armor of armored fighting vehicles, most commonly tanks, armored personnel carriers, and infantry fighting vehicles.
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Can RPG destroy tank?

Even if the RPG hit does not completely disable the tank or kill the crew, it can still damage external equipment, lowering the tank's effectiveness or forcing the crew to abandon and destroy it.
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Can artillery destroy tanks?

The new weapon represents an exponential leap beyond existing state-of-the art anti-tank weapons such as the TOW and Javelin missiles; the Javelin reaches ranges up to 2.5miles and the TOW missile can hit targets out to 3,000 meters.
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Deadly Tank Killer in Action: A-10 30mm GAU-8 Gatling Gun



Can A-10 Warthog destroy a tank?

'As pretty much everyone else answering this question has pointed out… the A-10 can fairly easily destroy a tank. As can anything else slinging either an AGM-65 Maverick or an AGM-114 Hellfire.
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Do tanks have toilets?

Tanks do not have any bathroom facilities. First of all, there is no room for a toilet. Tank has to be concealed from the outside world, ideally, so tank's bathroom would have to have some sort of waste management system.
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Can a sniper stop a tank?

While the tank is blinded, anti-tank teams can move in. By far the ways snipers have killed tanks is with a dedicated anti-tank rifle. This is a very large, very heavy rifle designed to penetrate about thin armor at 100 to 300 meters. Anti-tank rifles were developed between WWI and WWII.
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Can a jet destroy a tank?

An F-35 fired StormBreaker will operate with an ability to kill tanks on the move from up to forty miles. The StormBreaker's delayed fuze can bring additional penetrating effects designed to fire through an armored exterior and explode further into the vehicle, maximizing destruction.
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Can a laser destroy a tank?

The United States Defence Department has developed a prototype of an aircraft armed with a laser gun that could destroy tanks 10 miles away. The weapon is capable of destroying targets up to 15km (10m) away, according to Defense Update online magazine.
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Can a citizen own a minigun?

It prohibits the possession of new machine guns (made after 1986) by civilians. If the machine gun was not registered at the time the act was passed, it cannot be legally owned by a private citizen for any reason.
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Is the minigun weak?

As others have said, minigun is just a poor weapon. Unless you find an explosive or wounding minigun.
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What is the strongest gun in the world?

But the craziest one is the . 700 Nitro Express, which you can see in the video above. This gun is firing a 1,000-grain bullet going nearly 2,000 feet per second with almost 9,000-foot pounds of energy.
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What is the best anti-tank missile?

Currently Top 10 man-portable anti-tank guided missiles in the the world are these:
  1. Nr.1 MMP (France) ...
  2. Nr.2 OMTAS (Turkey) ...
  3. Nr.3 Spike LR2 (Israel) ...
  4. Nr.4 Javelin (United States) ...
  5. Nr.5 HJ-12 (China) ...
  6. Nr.6 MAPATS (Israel) ...
  7. Nr.7 Shershen (Belarus) ...
  8. Nr.8 Kornet-M (Russia)
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What is world's best tank?

Currently top 10 best tanks in the world are these:
  1. Nr.1 Leopard 2A7 (Germany) ...
  2. Nr.2 K2 Black Panther (South Korea) ...
  3. Nr.3 M1A2 SEP (USA) ...
  4. Nr.4 Challenger 2 (United Kingdom) ...
  5. Nr.5 Armata (Russia) ...
  6. Nr.6 Merkava Mk.4 (Israel) ...
  7. Nr.7 Type 90 (Japan) ...
  8. Nr.8 Leclerc (France)
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Does Russia have anti-tank weapons?

The 9M133 Kornet (Russian: Корнет; "Cornet", NATO reporting name AT-14 Spriggan, export designation Kornet-E) is a second generation Russian man-portable anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) intended for use against main battle tanks. It was first introduced into service with the Russian army in 1998.
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What can destroy an Abrams tank?

The Abrams may be the world's toughest tank and can take a ton of abuse, but not this level of abuse. To put it simply, a main gun round from the Iowa-class battleship will destroy the Abrams easily.
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Can modern tanks be destroyed?

The U.S. Air Force has announced that 422nd and 59th Test and Evaluation Squadrons proved that modern-day armored vehicles equipped with Explosive Reactive Armor are still vulnerable to the A-10C Thunderbolt II's GAU-8 Avenger.
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Can a Carl Gustav take out a tank?

A Carl Gustaf was used to destroy the second T-90 tank during the war. United States: Used by USSOCOM, U.S. Army Ranger battalions, and some regular U.S. Army infantry units in the War in Afghanistan.
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Can a bazooka destroy a tank?

The bazooka was a straightforward weapon. During World War II, it was simple enough for rifle squads to use, and its high-explosive rounds were powerful enough to destroy bunkers, light tanks and pillboxes.
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Can a Javelin destroy an m1 Abrams?

I would assume that if it connects with the top of the tank, probably yes. Its a 19lb warhead, which is roughly twice something like an RPG. A tank's roof is nowhere near as strong as the front where composite armour is placed. Javelins are top attack missiles and can certainly penetrate the tank from above.
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