I saw a cartoon from the 1930’s once. It envisioned one policeman controlling several tank like vehicles with a radio.
I think the Soviets liked this type of idea, and took it seriously. If you think about it, most of the M1 could be done easily by remote control - and since the early 1980’s, the UCOFT and SIMNET have practically demonstrated how easy this would be. But UCOFT has no provision for loading and SIMNET has the loader press a button. We can’t actually load a round by remote control. The Russians can. So I think they still dream of a time in which a tank company commander sends out 50-60 ‘tank drones’, completely un-manned, into battle.
The pentagon has similar dreams. Their dreams are based on only the projectile being autoloaded, and the propellant being introduced into the chamber as an injected liquid.
Both bad ideas, IMHO.
Maybe, but if you don’t have a crew, besides having a much lower profile, the tank can become more or less disposable— if it’s really a drone, you don’t need the heavy armor, you can just make more (and much cheaper and lighter) tanks.
Just be thankful they didn't see The 1940 Clark Gable/Hedy Lamarr potboiler Comrade X and take that one seriously. Or wait a minute- maybe they did...?