[Lazamataz]

Time to start working on some sort of point defense for tanks and/or "reactive reactive" armor, fellers.

Composite armor is 30 years old. That it survived this long on the battlefield is truly amazing. There are weapons on the drawing board (and probably fielded) that can pick up a 60 ton tank and throw it 100 yards. The day of heavy armor is coming to an end. That is the reason America is moving away from a heavy armor backbone, to a mobile, less protected, more offense-oriented force.

[Johnny_Cipher]

The day of heavy armor is coming to an end.

You would think that lesson would have sunk home with the Maginot Line. But, better late than never I suppose.

That is the reason America is moving away from a heavy armor backbone, to a mobile, less protected, more offense-oriented force.

That's one reason I mentioned point defense such as the CIWS on naval vessels earlier. I'm a little surprised that nobody has mounted an R2D2 (or even something like the A-10's Gatling cannon) on at least a few of the lighter/faster land vehicles for point defense.

[PLMerite]

I've seen pictures of what a Javelin missile can do to a "fully tactical" T-72. Suffice it to say that there would be no survivors and no salvagable parts.