[BenLurkin]

Sounds like the wrong kind of equipment for counter-insurgency, yes?

[RomanSoldier19]

pre-position
To place military units, equipment, or supplies at or near the point of planned use or at a designated location to reduce reaction time, and to ensure timely support of a specific force during initial phases of an operation.

[Spktyr]

Depends on operating area. We used tanks and artillery to good effect in the Iraq and Afghani counterinsurgency theaters.

[Zhang Fei]

[Sounds like the wrong kind of equipment for counter-insurgency, yes?]

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Armored vehicles, including Pattons, Sheridans and M-113’s, and artillery were used extensively in Vietnam. No one apart from Uncle Sam has the money for multiple air-mobile divisions or on-call air support. France’s tac air was inadequate to hold Dien Bien Phu. No country without US-scale tac air could have held Khe Sanh short of nuclear weapons. The Australians relied primarily on M-113’s and towed howitzers during the Battle of Long Tan:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Tan

This was chronicled in a movie starring the Vikings TV series lead, currently available on Amazon Prime, called Danger Close.

[SauronOfMordor]

The tanks are not intended to be used against Muslim jihadis.

The tanks are intended by Nigeria’s Muslim controlled government to quickly exterminate its Christians.