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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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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Lets assume both weapons have targeting systems

Anti air has a system for targeting flying stuff (i remember there was some system that locked on the rotor of helicopters) and a payload designed to kill aircraft, which dont have that much armor

The anti tank one carries a system designed for tanks and a payload meant to defeat armor

But a more simple approach would be this

In ww2 you had 20mm cannons that fired HE for palnes, and 75 mm cannons that fired AP for tanks.

A weapons that could do both would honestly be useless and very expensive. If you commander does not have the same IQ as a Labrador, im sure he will figure out a way to have some infantry with aa rockets and some with at rockets