"The Tank is Dead: Long Live The Javelin..." Topic
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Tango01  | 21 Jun 2022 9:11 p.m. PST |
… THE SWITCHBLADE, THE … ?
"Is the value of the tank in modern warfare zilch? That's the lesson many observers are taking from a flood of images depicting Russian tanks mired in the mud, their turrets blown off, having been ambushed and destroyed by Ukrainian forces armed with cheap anti-tank weapons. These images are often pointed to alongside feeds from Turkish-produced drones destroying tanks, seemingly with ease. After the recent Nagorno-Karabakh war, in which Russian-produced tanks were destroyed by the same model of drones, this is heady stuff for those ready to proclaim the death of the tank.
We already see comparisons of armor advocates to the battleship admirals before World War II, who refused to see the importance of carrier aviation, or Maj. Gen. John Herr, the last U.S. Army chief of cavalry, who continued to insist on the relevance of the horse on the battlefield even after the Nazi blitzkriegs against Poland and France…"
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| chironex | 22 Jun 2022 3:05 a.m. PST |
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| Augustus | 22 Jun 2022 1:56 p.m. PST |
By that logic, air forces should be abolished as there are so many effective SAMs all over…. |
| Tango01 | 22 Jun 2022 3:22 p.m. PST |
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| JMcCarroll | 22 Jun 2022 3:43 p.m. PST |
Guess we got the required "The tank is dead" thread for this week or month. FYI the Russian tanks suck! So don't use them as your standard. |
| Legion 4 | 23 Jun 2022 9:48 a.m. PST |
Yes the Javelin is a bit of a game changer. Wish we had that instead of the Dragon. However, once again some one wants claim the MBT is dead. I can't disagree more. We have many threads here where many of us have disputed this claim. With many good comments and discussion. So anyone who wants may take on this look up those threads. I hate to keep repeating myself ! 😁😎🤩 Russian tanks suck! So don't use them as your standard. Very true … even the "better" Russian MBTs are not properly used/employed. Again, a weapons system is only as good as it's crew … + capable leadership. Appears Russia lacks both … By that logic, air forces should be abolished as there are so many effective SAMs all over…. Exactly … E.g. the wide spread use of MGs didn't make Infantry obsolete. Tactics had to evolve with the tech. |
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was going to do the rifle teams next, but he forgot something…