The US is looking at a major tank upgrade, but a weapon to counter it may already be out there

Business Insider ^ | Monday, 12 June, 2017 | Christopher Woody

[Daniel Ramsey]

I read all this and what comes to mind is somehow a real force field becomes reality, like what we saw on the War of the Worlds movies, something so strong it can stop even a nuclear blast.

[central_va]

Tanks draw fire and during WWII they were a curse and a blessing for the supporting infantry.

[minnesota_bound]

Fly some drones around and spot the enemy then kill them before they can shoot at the tanks.

[onedoug]

1/1 CAV, Americal RVN 68-69: Infantry hated occasionally riding with us on our “deathtraps”, while we could never understand their desire to ground-pound.

[central_va]

Armor is a mixed blessing.

[logi_cal869]

That depends solely upon which branch of service tonwhich the question is posed...

“Only in America”

/s

[bravo whiskey]

Would a minature verson of what I think the Navy calls a CWIS, that looks like R2D2 work for this or would it be too heavy?

Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar, abbreviated C-RAM or Counter-RAM, is a set of systems used to detect and/or destroy incoming artillery, rockets and mortar rounds in the air before they hit their ground targets, or simply provide early warning. C-RAM is effectively a land version of weapons such as the Phalanx CIWS radar-controlled rapid-fire gun for close in protection of vessels from missiles.