Top attack

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A Top Attack device is designed to attack armoured vehicles from above and/or behind, as their armour is usually thinnest at the rear and the top. Ideally, it will penetrate at a 90 degree angle to the attacked surface.

The device may be delivered (often as a submunition) by a missile, artillery shell, or even an emplaced munition. Explosively formed penetrator warheads are often used due their stand-off capability.

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