To: Born to Conserve
Tanks do not operate as singles. Taking and holding ground requires lots of forces and drones are only a small part of that. Tanks and Infantry are still a big part of an offense.
It is odd you are saying tanks are obsolete so soon after a Brigade of heavy tanks and mech drove all the way to Baghdad taking so few casualties.
And yes, even in World War II a cheap bazooka could (and sometimes did) take out a Tiger or even a King Tiger tank. Yet the German tanks could still cause us lots of problems and casualties. Our best weapon against them remained our own tanks.
29 posted on
04/04/2013 12:30:42 PM PDT by
Monterrosa-24
(...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
To: Monterrosa-24
Good reply. In the future tanks will have active defenses against personnel and incoming AT weapons, be able to knock down artillery rounds impacting in their area, and will probably carry drones of their own that will provide targeting info as well as fight alongside the tank. Not many nations will be able to afford these kinds of things, but the tank will soldier on for quite some time.
To: Monterrosa-24
Tanks and Infantry are still a big part of an offense. Ask Saddam......
66 posted on
04/04/2013 2:49:32 PM PDT by
itsahoot
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