Most smart missiles in the past 2 decades attack tanks by detonating on top. You don't really need classified tank data for this well-known vulnerability. A-10

Most smart missiles in the past 2 decades attack tanks by detonating on top. You don't really need classified tank data for this well-known vulnerability. A-10 pilots fire into the ground obliquely to ricochet into the bottom of tanks. Neither the top nor bottom have much armor in tanks. In WW2, the most successful aerial tank attacks were to drop a 500 or 1,000 pound bomb on or next to a German tank, turning it over. (You can ignore any tank attack claim numbers that were not done by large bombs or specialized anti-tank planes - P-51's just couldn't "shoot up" German tanks.) The BalticaBeer channel has remarkable videos of the Sidewinder and Wall-eye missiles (the Wall-eye II could destroy anything with its 2,000-pound shaped charge. Most of the Gulf War TV footage you've seen is from Wall-eyes, which used analog edge detection for precise targeting of buildings, bridges and vehicles, and could fly through a single pre-selected window - in a train even!) Balticabeer Military Aeronautics Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgUYW-I81BUzQFIe3UtAE-w https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgUYW-I81BUzQFIe3UtAE-w Source: I study war.