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@Akim, can you list what weapons are being used?

Re: Main Battle Tanks and Armour Technology @Bhadra, the biggest risk to tank is when it is not moving. The biggest advantage of tank is ability to fire on the move. The technology is making battle very complicated. It is also making older tanks outdated.

Re: Main Battle Tanks and Armour Technology Smart shells like Krasnopol (Krasnopol (Weapon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) being used.

Re: Main Battle Tanks and Armour Technology Indian tanks can and will be used against Pakistan Army. You should not doubt that for a second. However tanks alone will not destroy Pakistan Army. It will take concerted efforts of airpower, artillery, infantry and tanks. Tanks are a necessary...

Re: Main Battle Tanks and Armour Technology Well smart weapons can kill a tank easily specially ones fired from aircrafts. However assume a situation where aircrafts do not have freedom of movement over the battlefield. It can happen with a strong adversary. If the war develops between...

@Bhadra, don't worry, overspending on military will kill USA. All these high-sounding strategies are no longer stabilizing the world. People are not getting their basic needs in a large part of the world. The empire is failing already.

@Bhadra, theoretically your proposition is sound and it has been discussed for several years. However practical reality is army will think of tanks even today when it has to rush into an uncertain and unpredictable environment. A tank takes 3 or 4 men and can destroy several hundred even if it...

Tanks are now coming with active protection systems, and hand held weapons may not prove so effective in future. Slow moving missiles can be engaged with another missile or a gun, even if fired from close. Tank probably will remain effective if deployed with other offensive and defensive...

If SAM cover is dense, aircraft may not be able to operate as is happening in Ukraine now. Tanks are the modern horsemen. Tanks provide mobility, protection, and firepower. The job of reducing cities to rubble is assigned to rocket launchers now, and atomic weapons if even rocket launchers...

@Bhadra, you are correct about importance of infantry, however mobility and safety of infantry can be increased by APCs.

Yes I agree that IPKF was not properly thought through both in terms of political as well military terms. Rajiv Gandhi did not have patience to sit through any long discussion. This is what I have been told. Digging it up does not serve any purpose now, but the gist is he worked on advice of...

Re: MSPO 2012 Military Exhibition in Kielce. Wheeled APCs make more sense in Ladakh. But India does not have and IA does not buy due to some misconception. Spacious APCs with compartment for heavy weapons can help in Ladakh to repond quickly.

You cannot use tanks as APCs. A tank is a form of artillery and must be used as artillery. Despite the IPKF experience, India learned little as India's leadership was incapable of learning. The defence planning did not improve a bit for a long time, and ultimately resulted in Kargil. The...

IPKF and India both were ill prepared when this operation was undertaken. Infantry has its uses and airpower has its uses. No single weapon is effective in all situations. When you went into Sri Lanka, India should have used air power but India did not have proper aircrafts. Also the...

The drones may actually increase the importance of the tank, as the large vehicle that tank is makes it easier to mount anti-drone missiles or guns. The large UCAVs are like fighter aircraft and will be attacked with mobile SAMs.

No. There is no comparison between elephant and tank. Tank is a form of artillery. In modern war, an infantry charge will come AFTER artillery attacks.

Syria is a very complicated situation. A civil war is always very difficult for a regular army. The loyalty of army gets divided between opposing factions. Arab armies have never been very organized or effective. So let us keep Syria aside. Let us talk Ukraine. Tanks have been used effectively...

@sorcerer, tank is very viable in POK. Even if infantry moves across the border, an advance column of tanks from the plains route will have to move to encircle PA forces in POK. You cannot capitulate PA in POK without tanks. Territory is always the aim of war. I have already said the "victory...

Re: Do Tanks Have a Future? Massed armour has NOT become obsolete. Street fighting is always difficult however armour still provides far more protection than otherwise in street battles. Tank will likely carry both AT and SAM in future, as they become more all rounded platform. However tank...