Mission kill

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A tank sunk in 5 feet of water waits for towing equipment. The Tank Commander gives vent to his feelings with a string of unprintable phraseology, while his driver uses a helmet to bail out the interior. Okinawa. 05/1945

A mission kill refers to the result of an attack or damage inflicted by a weapon that does not destroy a military vehicle but results in it taking no further part in its intended mission.

[edit] Examples

• A ground attack aircraft attacked by a fighter aircraft or surface to air missile might jettison its bombs in order to escape, even though it escapes it is unable to complete its original mission — and has thus suffered a mission kill.
• A mobility kill or firepower kill to a tank.

[edit] See also

• Catastrophic kill
• Firepower kill
• Mobility kill
• Armoured warfare

[edit] References

• http://www.danshistory.com/glossary.shtml
• Mission kill for Patriot missiles at gulflink.osd.mil

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