Mobility kill

M4 Sherman disabled by an anti-tank mine and five hits by Japanese artillery during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945

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.

It is claimed that the Wehrmacht lost more Panther tanks as mobility kills than as catastrophic kills in World War II.^[1]

See also

• Mission Kill
• Catastrophic kill

Notes

References

• US Army FM 20-32 glossary of terms at globalsecurity.org
• ace and electronic warfare lexicon glossary