Thread:Defender7881/@comment-35115325-20190801022242/@comment-39901257-20190814001034

Golurk 88 wrote: Defender7881 wrote: Essentially, pretty much all tank designs have thin armor for the bottom and top.

If I'm correct, the Javelin missile system has the capabilities to penetrate and knock out a tank like the M1 Abrams.

Yeah. I made a mistake with my previous post...MILAN is essentially an RPG which shoots an ATGM instead. You need a direct line of sight with the target and it won’t really change direction in mid flight.

The Spike is the Israeli version of the Javelin. It is ‘fire and forget’ and can execute top attacks, meaning flying over the tank then down onto the less well protected roof.

But the TOW isn’t quite as good because it requires manual steering, leaving the launch vehicle/site vulnerable and limiting its range. The TOW is more easily portable than the others though (it has been used on IFVs, wheeled reconnaissance vehicles and even helicopters)

That’s what I pressumed javelin and other shoulder launched Anti Tank weapons to do — top attack.

I’m sure TOWs are more widely used because they can be deployed against a myriad of technicals like APCs, trucks, etc.