What makes a weapon anti-air or anti-tank? Would anti-air be effective against tanks? Could we create one weapon that covers both, or even all possible targets?
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Knives are a good analogy.
A butcher knife is big and heavy because it has to break through cartilage and sometimes even bones. Trying to peel a potato with one would be useless because you’d cut half the potato off with the skin.
A paring knife is sharp and agile for peeling thin skins off of things. It would be quickly blunted trying to cut through bone and it doesn’t have enough weight or length to get through much material quickly.
Anti armor and bunker projectiles are usually heavy and sharp to poke through a lot of material that is hit directly. Anti aircraft and personnel usually burst with shrapnel because small amounts of damage can kill but the target is much more fast/agile.
Some tools are good at many jobs, but if you want a tool to be GREAT at a job it’s gonna be great at usually only one.
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