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Re: Main Battle Tanks and Armour Technology You have misunderstood .... I posed question - can the West or USA or any other proponent of tanks use tanks in a manner being propagated here for the built up areas against an Army that would have air support, superior technology, Arms and...

Re: Main Battle Tanks and Armour Technology Totally agreed.. The tankwalas advocating tanks here do not realise the tanks they are showing and bragging about is being used where adversaries are rag tag terrorist, Jihadies, Talibunies, street urchins having no sophistication to fight...

The Tanku "¢ A tank is the most uncomfortable armored vehicle ever made, then or now. I can tell you for a fact that being in a self-propelled howitzer is not comfortable at all, and working the gun only makes it worse. Personnel carriers are no prize, either. The M113 is not made for...

Obituary for Tank Warfare Tanks useless against portable LW weapons "For example, suppose one attacks a tank. [with an LW weapon] With scalar EM pulse, the personnel die instantly. Total personnel kill is achieved. All electronic systems of the tank are dudded. Total systems kill is...

These conditions were reproduced in Southern Iraq To demonstrate the difficulty of operating in this kind of environment an example from Basrah is almost perfect; a Challenger 2 from C Squadron Royal Scots Dragoon Guards came under intense fire which disabled their sights, backing up it went...

Why Tank is being seen inoperable as a Tank ? It is because of emergence of battle space that seems to characterise : Congested; In the future, we will be unable to avoid being drawn into operations in the urban and littoral regions where the majority of the World's population live and where...

@Damin My reference to Poland was in answer to your assertion that US and British Armour is there in Poland and training with you.. I have not attacked or insulted any nationality. However, if you feel so my apologies.

How can one ignore what is happening in the world: AirLand Battle was developed in the 1970s and 1980s to counter a Soviet backed combined arms attack in Europe. A key component of AirLand Battle was the degradation of rear echelon forces before they could engage allied forces. This mission...

Do I need to repeat myself again and again : It doesn't matter, the tanks remains a major engine of war, not because it may or may not be obsolete, but simply because so many are still in service. Like the US Navy's behemothic battleships, we would use tanks because we have them and because our...

That would give sleepless nights to many armour lovers in the forum ...

Elite Mechanized Formations in an Age of Expeditionary Operations "As recent events in Syria and elsewhere demonstrate, the need for a military ready to respond to contingencies on short notice will not subside in the near future. While the particulars of a given conflict are subject to change...

@Damian You are a Polish guest on the forum hence I would abstain from responding in kind. However, I enjoyed the rage and frustration of a tank man being told that he actually is engaged with junk... which has lost mobility to other systems, which has lost firepower to other systems and...

Can you visualise a battle in the plains of Western Europe where 10000 tanks will be facing each other to tilt the balance of power at global level... Or 10000 Abrahams rolling through South China plains to capture China. There was a certain visualisation of the battle where the tanks...

Sir, You are a great Tank technologist and I respect you for that. But do not decry the civilians ( like me) who have made greater contribution to war machines rather than spanner Sergeants !! The countries and areas you quoted are indeed relevant for tanks but nor for countries like...

Sir, I did say so in a post earlier: " It doesn't matter, the tanks remains a major engine of war, not because it may or may not be obsolete, but simply because so many are still in service. Like the US Navy's behemothic battleships, we would use tanks because we have them and because our...

My Dear Sir, Even hand held weapons such as Javalins and spikes have started coming with terrible tandem warheads - one to take on reactive armor and second ones to penetratrate deep.. Soon we may find hand held Ram Rods... Ha Ha ha ..

Heavy Armour has become a Liability Kind attention @Damian and @asianobserver # The rigors of the direct-fire fight have increased the liabilities of modern heavy forces. # The armored and mechanized divisions have lost their early maneuver advantages over foot mobile forces since most...

Re: MSPO 2012 Military Exhibition in Kielce. Unlike me you have the right to disagree. And I agree with that. I am only presenting a point of view . .. and try to be convincing. About comparison of helicopter Vs Tanks ... I shall try but you read Richard Simkin and everything would be clear..

Re: MSPO 2012 Military Exhibition in Kielce. I agree there was huge investment in Tank ! But no lnger ! According to recent RUSI estimates, there are about 108,000 main battle tanks currently in service across the globe. Of these, 10,000 are M1 Abrams belonging to the US Army, USMC, Australia...

What a sad day for tank that a rifleman is required to protect it !! Ha Ha Ha... Well then, if a rifleman is required outside the tank to be around and protect the tank, one may as well not have the tank at all. I was told by one of my friends - an infantry Officer that he refused to...