Originally Posted by
1168
I disagree. Tanks aren’t obsolete. Tanks with broken or missing parts not properly supported by air, infantry, or anti-infantry, or even fuel, and using bad tactics…..now that’s been obsolete since 1918.
Originally Posted by
Alpha-17
No. Being idiotic with tanks, throwing them forward without adequate infantry support, is obsolete, but tanks in and of themselves are not. I'm hardly a friend of tankers, but there are some roles that a tank is oh so useful for. A lighter tank would seem to be a good idea, especially if paired with a functional active protection system. I have no clue whether or not these tanks will be any damn good, but we probably won't know that for years.
^^^This^^^
It's all about "combined arms" and applying the correct combination to the mission environment. Kinda like a Jazz trio, individual players are all well and good but it's the ensemble working together that really sets it off.
Go Ukraine! Piss on the Russian dead.
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