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Re: The tank is dead: Long live the javelin, the switchblade, the ... ?

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Post by cm2187 »

On that topic: why Russian tanks are so vulnerable to these missiles and explode spectacularly [1]. Basically the canon auto-loads shells, and the shell storage is not in a different compartment than the turret.

[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2022/04/01/why-do...

Re: The tank is dead: Long live the javelin, the switchblade, the ... ?

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Post by csours »

Perun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUyAPQEb01Q

Chieftain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI7T650RTT8

Bernard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPth_xqBXGY

Extreme summary, blame me if I missed something obviously important - unsupported tanks will die to infantry or artillery and have done so since shortly after the inception of the tank. Tanks are actually pretty cheap compared to replacing a human, it costs quite a lot to raise a modern human. The tank role still exists, but ratios of tanks to other fighting vehicles may change.

Re: The tank is dead: Long live the javelin, the switchblade, the ... ?

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Post by formerly_proven »

People conclude that tanks (sometimes, armour in general) are obsolete because the most modern anti-tank weapons defeat exactly the 70s tanks they were designed to defeat in the 90s. If anything, when someone makes this point, it tells you they are clueless.

Re: The tank is dead: Long live the javelin, the switchblade, the ... ?

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Post by newsclues »

bobowzki wrote: post #4

Something I've been thinking about is that with the emergence of weapons like the NLAW and Javelin, the Secret Service probably will have to rethink the security of the US president.

IDF Trophy or similar systems work… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophy_(countermeasure)
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