Well you’re comparing apples to oranges here. Tanks have a far different battlefield role than artillery. Tanks are a direct fire weapons system meant for the front line in direct contact with the enemy. Artillery is indirect fire weapons meant to be miles behind the line and not in direct contact with enemy forces. Artillery does have direct fire capability. But it’s only meant for last resort defense if enemy forces have broken though the front and the artillery unit doesn’t have time to bug out.

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Posted by GOP_Tiger

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Posted on 12/22/22 at 9:17 am to Darth_Vader

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Well you’re comparing apples to oranges here. Tanks have a far different battlefield role than artillery. Tanks are a direct fire weapons system meant for the front line in direct contact with the enemy. Artillery is indirect fire weapons meant to be miles behind the line and not in direct contact with enemy forces. Artillery does have direct fire capability. But it’s only meant for last resort defense if enemy forces have broken though the front and the artillery unit doesn’t have time to bug out.

We're having this discussion because of reports that Russian forces are running low on artillery shells and are using dug-in tanks as a substitute way of hitting Ukrainians with indirect fire.

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Posted by CitizenK

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Posted on 12/22/22 at 10:11 am to Darth_Vader

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Well you’re comparing apples to oranges here. Tanks have a far different battlefield role than artillery. Tanks are a direct fire weapons system meant for the front line in direct contact with the enemy. Artillery is indirect fire weapons meant to be miles behind the line and not in direct contact with enemy forces. Artillery does have direct fire capability. But it’s only meant for last resort defense if enemy forces have broken though the front and the artillery unit doesn’t have time to bug out.

the discussion was about using tanks as artillery which Russia has in fact done.

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Posted by northshorebamaman

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Posted on 12/22/22 at 11:39 am to Darth_Vader

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Range is the big issue with tank rounds vs artillery rounds

Well you’re comparing apples to oranges here. Tanks have a far different battlefield role than artillery. Tanks are a direct fire weapons system meant for the front line in direct contact with the enemy. Artillery is indirect fire weapons meant to be miles behind the line and not in direct contact with enemy forces. Artillery does have direct fire capability. But it’s only meant for last resort defense if enemy forces have broken though the front and the artillery unit doesn’t have time to bug out.

You seem to have missed his original point, which was that tanks are being used as a replacement for artillery.

eta- nvm, addressed a few posts later