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"everyone’s favorite kind of armored fighting vehicle" Both the Syrian and Ukrainian conflicts have proved without a shred of doubt that Tanks are effectively
by lenkite 5y ago
"everyone’s favorite kind of armored fighting vehicle"
Both the Syrian and Ukrainian conflicts have proved without a shred of doubt that Tanks are effectively Suicide Cans that have little relevance in modern warfare. They only look good in military parades.
Anti-tank weaponry is sophisticated enough to blast open the greatest of tanks like a hot knife through butter. The warfare equation is changing where an expensive tank and it expensive trained crew can be annihilated at a minute fraction of the cost of building the tank and training its crew.
Citation: several hundred videos of tanks being blown to pieces by lone rangers in the Syria and Ukrainian wars using anti-tank weapons. In some videos a single guy destroys multiple moving tanks within a few minutes!
Today when a tank is seen on a road, the opposition smiles and is happy. They are going to have a blast and provide a viral youtube video. (which gets taken down but not before it spreads)
Unless there is a revolution in armour tech and some sci/fi shielding technology, the Modern Main Battle Tank (MBT) is a Dead Dodo.