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2024-08-01 Science & Technology

The end of the era of the 'steel cavalry'. How tanks have changed and do they have a future

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Posted by badanov 2024-08-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11140 views ] Top

Posted by Besoeker 2024-08-01 02:59|| 2024-08-01 02:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Yea, yea. Sure, sure.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-08-01 03:08|| 2024-08-01 03:08|| Front Page Top

#3 If you are not operating in a combined arms environment, you tend to draw fire.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-08-01 07:59|| 2024-08-01 07:59|| Front Page Top

#4 In combat, you try to attack your enemy's weak points.
Apparently this is an epipheny.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-08-01 08:37|| 2024-08-01 08:37|| Front Page Top

#5 #1^ What a beaut! The total package.

Only problem was, it was T-72 bait.

Posted by badanov 2024-08-01 10:43|| 2024-08-01 10:43|| Front Page Top

#6 I want a German Panther panzerkampfwagen.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2024-08-01 12:01|| 2024-08-01 12:01|| Front Page Top

#7 I want a German Panther panzerkampfwagen.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2024-08-01 12:01|| 2024-08-01 12:01|| Front Page Top

I knew army are digging relics out of storage to replace losses but the navy didn’t tell me they were *this* desperate. pic.twitter.com/yU2YO9ZoH3
— Darth Putin (@DarthPutinKGB) August 1, 2024

Posted by badanov 2024-08-01 17:14|| 2024-08-01 17:14|| Front Page Top

#9 The Age of Robots is almost upon us. A century ago, R.U.R. was staged and the word robot was introduced by Carl Kapek. It took time, but not the Age is just over the horizen.

Posted by IS 2024-08-01 17:41|| 2024-08-01 17:41|| Front Page Top

#10 Always thought the Brits' Crusader series was a good looking vehicle.

I'm afraid we are near a time when we will long for the days of only having to worry about mass casualty attacks being NBC, without the R.

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-08-01 17:50|| 2024-08-01 17:50|| Front Page Top

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