The future of armor is unmanned, fully networked platforms that have autonomous abilities.
If they try to leave men in the tanks, the design will be obsolete before the first one gets muddy.
If they try to leave men in the tanks, the design will be obsolete before the first one gets muddy.
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agreed.. tanks as they currently exist are obsolete.
“The future of armor is unmanned, fully networked platforms that have autonomous abilities.”
“If they try to leave men in the tanks, the design will be obsolete before the first one gets muddy.”
Exactly.
In addition, there is then no need to make the tank “man safe”. No need for CBR protection, physical room for people, food & medical etc. forward. In fact, much less armor might be a weight saving trade-off. Make it .50 safe, but use reactive armor against anything heavier, and put 3 to 10 times as many on the FEBA/FLOT.
Two “crews” and automated refuel and restocking make it a 24/7 operation. And when it is killed on the battlefield, as some always are, no people die, and the next one is 400 meters behind it.
Even more “fun,” the crews never have to leave Benning, Knox or Ord.
Of course, how do you win a Combat Action Badge without ever leaving home?