In my mind, the to words mean the same. But there are tactical and strategic weapons in warfare. So i’m missing something. Other example: chess. Is it strategy or tactic?
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It is often a question of scale.
How an infantry platoon assaults and captures an enemy trench is a question of tactics,
Where you should attack the enemy on a large scale is strategy. In WWII the decision to land troops in Normany and not Calais during D day is a strategic decision, the same for doing an omnibus landing, to begin with.
In regards to weapons systems, long-range missiles or bombers that often are used to destroy enemy infrastructure, production, etc are often called strategic weapons. Weapons that often have shorter ranges and the primary intention is to destroy the enemy troops directly are tactical weapons.
Another way to look at it is strategy is what should be achieved but tactics is exactly how it is done. Deciding to capture a hill can be strategic but how exactly you do the attack is a a tactical decision.
There is no clear boundary between the two concepts.
If you look at computer games in a strategic military game you might order where a division should move. The map might be all of the earth divided into large areas. It is a tactical military game you might order individual tanks and squads on a detailed map with details like individual trees and buildings, the size of which is a few kilometers across. You can still have a strategy in a tactical game but you have to control how individual units act to accomplish it.
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