M4 Sherman disabled by a land mine and five hits by Japanese artillery at Iwo Jima
A mobility kill (or M-kill) in armoured warfare is a weapon or vehicle that is immobilized, or the act of immobilizing such a target. Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles can be immobilized by damage to their engines, tracks, or running gear. Because of the mobile nature of modern warfare, such a vehicle is often effectively useless on the battlefield, but it may be salvaged, or repaired and brought back into action quickly.[citation needed]
It is claimed that the Wehrmacht lost more Panther tanks as mobility kills than as catastrophic kills in World War II.[1]
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- ↑ Panther vs T-34: Ukraine 1943 (Duel) by Robert Forczyk[page needed]
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- US Army FM 20-32 glossary of terms at globalsecurity.org
- ace and electronic warfare lexicon glossary
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