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That might work in 1950. Nobody is bum rushing a modern tank. Well someone might, but they ain't living to talk about it. Modern tanks are too well integrate
by throwaway0a5e 5y ago
That might work in 1950. Nobody is bum rushing a modern tank. Well someone might, but they ain't living to talk about it. Modern tanks are too well integrated with mechanized infantry and their visibility is too good to be surprised by a man delivered explosive device. I mean you might get away with it in downtown Fallujah where you only need to rush 10yd but it'll take you three dozen bodies trying before you get a single mobility kill.
You wanna kill a modern tank, plant an IED in the street and wait.
- themodelplumber 5y agoAh, but they covered those contingencies in the article. Multiple teams, a machine gunner on the team to take out infantry, channelized environments with e.g. basement cover, and location research.
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoIt all comes down to numbers. How many bodies, how much explosives, etc. can you afford per tank?
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- 2OEH8eoCRo0 5y agoWhat? Tanks are blind. Without infantry support up close they are less effective.
- dragontamer 5y agoBased on the antitank Twitter thread going around, the IED is optional. It sounds like a good ol pitfall trap is all you need, which apparently can be made by just removing road signs, so that the tank might drive into a poorly supported road, collapsing into the sewer under the street.