The anti-tank weapons keep changing, so the protection systems have to be constantly modified to keep up.
If the protection systems are just going to be constantly changing add-ons it doesn’t make any sense to build very expensive and complicated tanks, which still depend on survival for future updates.
Right now a T55 with a cage and top mount reactive armor is actually more survivable than an Abrams w/o that stuff.
As we have seen from some of the recent Abrams destruction videos.
Not surprising that the NeoCon supporters of eternal war, also love the MICs most expensive and useless weapons.
(maybe that’s who pays the bills)
“Right now a T55 with a cage and top mount reactive armor is actually more survivable than an Abrams w/o that stuff.”
Nope. The cage doesn’t help.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXeYA6On2B8
Slightly better defense but nothing an experienced drone operator can’t handle.