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The role of combat engineers isn't to stop tanks, but to funnel tanks and AFVs into kill zones. Since WW2 era gear can't really kill a tank, it's pointless. The
by greedo 5y ago
The role of combat engineers isn't to stop tanks, but to funnel tanks and AFVs into kill zones. Since WW2 era gear can't really kill a tank, it's pointless. The best a CE could do would hope for a mine to damage a track.
- ethbr0 5y agoTurn it the other way around. The role of modern combat engineers is to get MBTs (and infantry) through obstacles. A ditch isn't very effective if the far side is dynamited into a slope.
- greedo 5y agoPotato Potahto. Sure on offense engineers are tasked with clearing obstacles, that's a given. On defense, the role is reversed.