Annilihator Tanks in Helldivers 2 come from the Automaton faction. This means they can only be found during an Automaton/Bot mission – you won’t find one with the Terminids.

It’s worth noting, too, that Annihilator Tanks should only turn up in Automaton/Bot missions with a difficulty level of Hard and higher.

They are rather rare in Hard missions, however, and are far more likely to make an appearance once you climb up to Extreme missions and above.

It has been claimed that they are more likely to spawn if you’re playing with others in a co-op mission – although this is unconfirmed.

Hop into an Extreme Eradication mission and you’ll come up against a fearsome Annihilator Tank soon enough. Whether you want to, though, is your choice. These things are lethal.

How to kill Annihilator Tanks in Helldivers 2

To kill a Helldivers 2 Annihilator Tank, you need to use heavy explosive strategems, such as the Expendable Anti-Tank strategem. Normal weapons won’t deal any damage.

Use any strategem which allows you to use heavy weapons, such as Orbital Lasers, Railguns, a Railcannon strike, 500KG Bomb – anything that is anti-armour and/or fires explosive rounds should work, but you might have to keep plugging away at the Tank to destroy it.

Fortunately, the Annihilator Tank does have a weak point: the glowing vents on its back.

The turret of the Annihilator Tank is said to be a little weaker, too, so definitely aim your rockets, grenades and other powerful heavy explosives at the top of the Tank – don’t bother shooting its body.

Climb on top of the Tank to shoot at its vents; it can no longer hit you with its cannon or machine gun if you’re on top of it. Dropping a Sentry on its head should confuse it, too.