I’m afraid tanks have gone the way of the battleship.
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As one four star put it, “Tanks, improperly deployed without CAS and troops, are sitting ducks in modern warfare. But tanks with CAS and covering troops, all properly deployed in the correct situations, are survivable, even needed. Take away the tanks and what protects the troops?”
“As one four star put it...”
If he was a tanker, he was just trying to save his job.
Look, tanks played a vital role in WWII. They also played a vital role in the Arab-Israeli wars. Other than that, they didn’t. Modern weaponry has rendered the tank pretty much obsolete, and wholly unjustified from a cost-benefit perspective.