Here is how to find and defeat Annihilator Tanks in the game.
The elite soldiers of Super Earth in Helldivers 2 never rest and fight the Automatons and Terminids relentlessly. While the charger and Bile Titan are menacing monsters from the bug's faction, the Hulk and Annihilator tanks are equally threatening from the bots' side.
The Annihilator tanks are fully armored vehicles that roam the surface slowly and are usually stationed in Automaton-occupied points of interest. This enemy type is also rare, especially if you play the Automaton faction at the lower difficulty levels. This guide explains how to find and destroy the Annihilator tanks.
How To Find Annihilator Tanks
Playing Automaton faction missions on Suicide level or above will result in heavily armored enemy spawns, including the Annihilator tanks. You will frequently encounter Hulks patrolling with other foot soldier bots and the Annihilator tanks being dropped from the bot dropships.
The easiest way to find the Annihilator tanks is to play Eradicate and Evacuate missions on Helldive difficulty. One single dropship will bring a large and heavily armored Annihilator tank containing a cannon at the top, which also rotates 360 degrees, and a dual-barrel machine gun below it.
Even though the Annihilator tank moves very slowly, it can kill you by running over you . The best course of action while trying to destroy the tank will be never to approach it from the front but from the sides and the back only.
How To Destroy Annihilator Tanks
The cannon of the Annihilator tank rotates very slowly, and you can continue running at the tank's back to hit its exposed heat sink, which glows with a yellow hue. However, if you approach the tank's front, you will be fired upon by the Annihilator tank's high RPM machine guns.
Using high-powered weapons such as Quasar Cannon and EAT-17 Expendable Anti-Tank on the heat sink will blow the Annihilator tank. However, if you use stratagems such as Eagle Airstrike and Eagle 500Kg Bomb, this will also blow up the tank to pieces.
Regardless of the stratagem choice, we find Eagle 110MM Rocket Pods to be the best offensive stratagem in eliminating Annihilator tanks . Throw it at the top of the tank, and the Eagle fighter jets will drop rocket pods on the tank, blowing it up within seconds.
