Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoRussia has depleted its tank stocks: the industry is not covering combat lossesmilitarnyi.comexternal-linkmessage-square174fedilinkarrow-up1207arrow-down14
arrow-up1203arrow-down1external-linkRussia has depleted its tank stocks: the industry is not covering combat lossesmilitarnyi.comSine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square174fedilink
minus-squareWolverdiddlyino@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-23 days agoTanks have not been very useful relative to their expense in the age of drones.
minus-squareNaevermix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoAnd yet, moving the front is almost impossible without them. All vehicles struggle with drones but at least tanks won’t go down from machine gun fire, and without vehicles were pretty much back to WW1 tactics, fighting over inches.
minus-squarecaptain_oni@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 days agoKinda what happened to battleships in the era of aircraft carriers and submarines?
Tanks have not been very useful relative to their expense in the age of drones.
And yet, moving the front is almost impossible without them. All vehicles struggle with drones but at least tanks won’t go down from machine gun fire, and without vehicles were pretty much back to WW1 tactics, fighting over inches.
Kinda what happened to battleships in the era of aircraft carriers and submarines?