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The Main Battle Tanks of Asia: Junk or Still Useful? A Washington Post headline from January 2014 succinctly summarizes a widely held belief about the utility of tanks in modern warfare: "The end of the tank? The Army says it doesn't need it, but industry wants to keep building it." The...

US Plans to Deploy 150 Tanks in Eastern Europe MOSCOW, November 26 (Sputnik) – The US army plans to station about 150 tanks and other armored vehicles in Eastern Europe next year, a top American general Ben Hodges said. "The troops will come over and train, and they'll go back. The...

South Korea to Deploy 100 New Tanks With Locally Built Engines South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA)announced deployment of 100 K-2 Black Panther tanks with locally produced engines and transmission systems by 2017. MOSCOW, November 19 (Sputnik) — South Korea is...

@pmaitra , @Ray, Future tanks could surprise critics Future tanks could surprise critics - Defense - GovExec.com Just seven years ago, every self-styled strategic thinker knew that history had ended, that the dot-com boom would last forever, and, in military circles, that the tank was...

The newest American tanks arrived at the American military base in Bavaria on January 31. So what? According to the statements made by American military officials, 29 heavy new generation Abrams tanks would be a part of the European Activity Set (EAS). They are supposedly just to serve as...

Tank is more than a Tank..The Saga will continue... The U.S. Army's New 84-Ton Tank Prototype Is Nearly IED-Proof Heavy does not even begin to describe the U.S. Army's new tank. At 84 tons, the Ground Combat Vehicle prototype weighs more than twice as much as its predecessor, the Bradley...

Bhadra Yes, you are correct in regard to the unconventional warfare and its means,which is the most popular form of warfare in the current world arena and it seems to be so for a looong looong time ahead. Even unconventional warfare requires close support of regular army at the decisive point...

@pmaitra In the act of war, Its in my understanding that tanks can offer "cover fire" for our transport vehicles, convoys of other sort and foot soldier battalions. Since the war scenario has changed drastically and has become "wired" and net-centric, tanks become a strategic asset rather than...

US does not want to set foot on Pakistan because of quiet a lot of reasons, that include China. Pakistan as a state manufacture terrorists and US foot soldiers on Pakistan will escalate the internal tensions in Pakistan manyfold.

US fights its war away from its home land. Far far away. So tanks are a liability to transport and cumbersome. Just because US is retiring its tank doesnt mean, the rest of the world has to follow suit. US doesnt have borders thats as inflamable as many other nations which share common...