User:Gaius Cornelius/Anti-tank obstacle
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An anti-tank obstacle (also known as tank obstacle) is any natural or artificial obstruction which will cause military vehicles, especillay tanks, to stop, slow down, maneouver or change direction.
Anti-tank obstacles were introduced shortly after the advent of Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs) during the First World War when tanks at least partially addressed the problem of crossing open ground under enemy fire. Even the earliest tanks were able to cross ditches and trenches, pass over or through hedgerows and walls and to crush barbed wire entanglements. Commanders sought to find obstacles that would stop tanks rolling through defensive lines.