A titan in North Korea initially finding sort of weapon (8)

I believe the answer is:

antitank

'sort of weapon' is the definition.

'a titan in north korea initially' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'north korea' is 'nk'.
'titan' going into 'nk' is 'ntitank'.
'a'+'ntitank'='ANTITANK'

'finding' acts as a link.

(Another definition for antitank that I've seen is " threatening Chieftain?".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

Want a hint initially instead of a full solution? Install my app