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2023-10-11 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Fatal mistake of the Israeli military-industrial complex. Merkava is no longer the best tank in the world

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Posted by badanov 2023-10-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 Any tank can be destroyed, it is unclear if Trophy was turned on.

Posted by Spomonter Speaking for Boskone8031 2023-10-11 00:19|| 2023-10-11 00:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Someone just wanted to brag on soviet 'anti tank systems' from the 70s.

Posted by Dron66046 2023-10-11 02:05|| 2023-10-11 02:05|| Front Page Top

#3 And all tanks are vulnerable to drones unless they have an active drone defense. Russians are experts about their tanks turned into scrap metal due to drones.

Posted by Percy Flotle3938 2023-10-11 06:53|| 2023-10-11 06:53|| Front Page Top

#4 ...Comnrade,

On its worst day, the Merkava is far, far better than the mid-Cold War T-62s you're sending your sons out to die in.

Love,

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-10-11 08:17|| 2023-10-11 08:17|| Front Page Top

#5 Doubt is a genuine force-degradation tool, and this Russian author has flavored his effort at it with a heavy dose of sour-grapes and frustration. Perhaps a result of reading the after-action, BDA and Lessons Learned literature from his own homelands less-than-stellar armor forces performance.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-10-11 12:47|| 2023-10-11 12:47|| Front Page Top

#6 Drones are the new New Thing and *everyone* will deal with them in their next war. Adapt or die.

I wonder if Trophy is capable of even seeing a drone. Wiki says it was designed to defend against ATGMs and RPGs, all of which move much faster than a drone, and have a different approach trajectory.

Posted by SteveS 2023-10-11 18:08|| 2023-10-11 18:08|| Front Page Top

#7 ^ Prolly going to need an added jammer system

Posted by Frank G 2023-10-11 18:39|| 2023-10-11 18:39|| Front Page Top

#8 Combined Arms Warfare. Designated anti-drone vehicles will support the tanks ...you simply can't build an affordable weapon system that does everything.

Posted by magpie 2023-10-11 18:58|| 2023-10-11 18:58|| Front Page Top

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