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Tanks are no match for drones. Anything that slow moving will get taken out and cheaply. Reactive armor is good for one maybe two hits and that’s only a couple
by bergenty 4y ago
Tanks are no match for drones. Anything that slow moving will get taken out and cheaply. Reactive armor is good for one maybe two hits and that’s only a couple of thousand in drones.
- diordiderot 4y agoOne or two hits _in the same spot_. The bigger threat is dual charged ammunition like the javelins
- sixstringtheory 4y agoThis is assuming there wouldn't be a swarm of drones deployed alongside the tanks. Tanks could be used analogously to aircraft carriers, which would be sitting ducks vs jets/subs/battleships, if it weren't for their own jets they're carrying, or the battleships sailing with them.
- rubinelli 4y agoAircraft carriers don't have the large cannons of a dreadnought. An armored car that served as launchpad and command center for drones could be drastically lighter, faster, cheaper, and with simpler logistics.
- dodobirdlord 4y agoThe main gun on a tank is actually a pretty cost effective weapon. Projectile weapons are a lot cheaper than missiles.
- bergenty 4y agoYes this would probably work but that doesn’t seem to be what any major army in the world is doing right now.
- throwawaylinux 4y agoAn anti tank missile is a "drone" (and has been touted as the end of the tank for the past 50 years or more). Has the much slower-moving propeller driven contraption changed anything significant here?
- bergenty 4y agoWay more expendable, can overwhelm with sheer numbers and can be much more reactive than something that has to be aimed and fired from far away.
- throwawaylinux 4y agoI mean has it changed the calculus on the battlefield for tanks? Ukraine are pleading for, and using, mostly anti tank missiles to destroy Russia's tanks, aren't they? Why if swarms of expendable drones are better and cheaper?
- bergenty 4y agoI think it did pretty decisively in the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
- throwawaylinux 4y agoIn what way that missiles could not have?
- bergenty 4y agoThey were extremely cheap, way more maneuverable and can be controlled right up to the moment of impact. A swarm of missiles can’t just hang around for something to happen.
- throwawaylinux 4y agoAnd what did that change for tanks on the battlefield?
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