Are tanks becoming obsolete?
Looks like it.
It’s like any technical race. The balance of power may go back and forth. I’m sure there’s a lot of current work on countermeasures to anti-tank weapons.
But even back in WWII days Patton understood that tanks in urban or areas with concealment only survive with aggressive infantry patrolling and combat engineers for mine and IED removal.
Tanks have been obsolete for a while. Except in deserts. They’ve been doing OK in deserts. But the new missiles are ending that. Just too easy to blow em up.
I think so. What is interesting to me is that sending in thousands of anti-tank missiles to assist Ukraine is no longer considered an act of war. I suppose Russia would rightly be hesitant to declare war on the US and NATO regardless of our materiel aid.
When the Marine Corps got rid of their Abrams MBTs I thought the Marines had made a big mistake.
It appears that, once again, the Marine Corps were ahead of the curve.
Nope. Using tanks stupidly should be obsolete, but seems like people are the problem, as they keep forgetting the lessons.
Tanks are only one part of a COMBINED ARMS approach, and isolated parts of that approach are always vulnerable is the other pieces aren’t providing their supporting roles.