Can tanks be used for indirect fire?

In addition to the kinetic energy ammunition, tanks use a secondary ammunition, mainly high explosive, to engage softer targets like vehicles, buildings and personnel. Such indirect fire support by tanks can be provided from ranges as far away as 10 km.

What are the four types of indirect fire?

Indirect fires are divided into two basic categories: observed and unobserved.

• Observed fire.
• Unobserved fire.
• Destruction.
• Neutralization.
• Suppression.
• Nonlethal Attack Systems and Munitions Smoke, illumination, and offensive electronic warfare can exploit, disrupt, and deceive the enemy.

What is considered indirect fire?

Indirect fire is aiming and firing a projectile without relying on a direct line of sight between the gun and its target, as in the case of direct fire. Aiming is performed by calculating azimuth and inclination, and may include correcting aim by observing the fall of shot and calculating new angles.

Is artillery same as tank?

Modern self-propelled artillery vehicles may superficially resemble tanks, but they are generally lightly armoured, too lightly to survive in direct-fire combat. However, they protect their crews against shrapnel and small arms and are therefore usually included as armoured fighting vehicles.

What does a tank fire?

Modern tank guns are large-caliber high-velocity guns, capable of firing kinetic energy penetrators, high explosive anti-tank, and cannon-launched guided projectiles. Tank guns generally use self-contained ammunition, allowing rapid loading (or use of an autoloader).

What’s the difference between direct and indirect fire?

A weapon engaged in direct fire conversely exposes itself to direct return fire from the target. Indirect fire does not need a direct line-of-sight to the target because the shots are normally directed by a forward observer.