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Hunter-killer (other)
Hunter-killer may refer to: Military terminology * Hunter-killer team, a team that separates the tasks of "hunting" and "killing" to two or more individuals * Hunter-killer armored-vehicle team, scout vehicles and tanks operating in concert as "hunters" and "killers" * Hunter-killer sight, a vehicle commander's sight, independent of the gunner's sight * Attack submarine or hunter-killer submarine * USAF Hunter-Killer program developing unmanned combat air vehicles * Hunter-killer Group, World War II formation of Allied warships usually including an escort carrier (CVE), tasked with locating and sinking enemy submarines Other * ''Hunter Killer'' (film), a 2018 film * ''Hunter Killer'' (video game), a 1989 video game * ''Hunter-Killer'' (comics), a comic book series * ''688(I) Hunter/Killer ''Jane's 688(i) Hunter/Killer'' is a 1997 submarine simulator video game, developed by Sonalysts Inc. and published by Electronic Arts and more recently by Strategy First for Windows 95 c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunter-killer Team A hunter-killer team, is a team that separates the tasks of "hunting" and "killing" to two or more individuals. Examples include: * Two-person sniper teams, one using specialized optical hardware and the other a rifle * Pairs of F-4G Wild Weasel V and F-16Cs, where the F-4G "hunter" could detect, identify, and locate an enemy's radar and then direct the F-16C's weapons to the site * Bradley fighting vehicles often "hand off" fire missions to M1 Abrams main battle tanks in their hunter-killer team * "Pink teams" of scout and attack helicopters, such as OH-6 "Loach" or OH-58 Kiowa scout helicopters and the AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter during the Vietnam War * In anti-submarine warfare an Maritime patrol aircraft may be employed as "hunter", with surface ships such as destroyers as killers. * Task Forces such as Task Force 88 where one element, the "hunter," (e.g., CIA Operatives) gathers intelligence on the target while the other, the "killer," (e.g., Delta Force or Rangers) ... [...More Info...] |