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re: British Army admits Russia could destroy their only remaining fighting unit...
Posted on 1/22/17 at 9:41 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
Posted on 1/22/17 at 9:41 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
I didn't think you were talking about ground EW. I'm sure the Russians are more advanced there. Their entire military is built around the idea of not having air superiority
I don't disagree that combined arms make a military force better, but tanks as we know it are on their way out. Armored cavalry became useless when muskets could pierce their armor. Tanks will also become useless when every ATGM can kill them.
Mobile forces will exist but it won't exist as we currently know it.
Boots on the ground will always be superior, I don't think anyone denies that
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Horse cavalry was a dominate factor on the battlefield until WWI. As for modern day armor, it will become obsolete when infantry and artillery become obsolete. Yes airpower is devestating, but it's has its limits. You cannot take and hold land with airpower. It can help you take it and it can help you hold it. But that's all it can do... help. Taking and holding ground takes combined arms, namely infantry, armor, and artillery. This fact will never change, period
I don't disagree that combined arms make a military force better, but tanks as we know it are on their way out. Armored cavalry became useless when muskets could pierce their armor. Tanks will also become useless when every ATGM can kill them.
Mobile forces will exist but it won't exist as we currently know it.
Boots on the ground will always be superior, I don't think anyone denies that
This post was edited on 1/22/17 at 9:45 pm
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Posted on 1/22/17 at 9:46 pm to rmnldr
quote:Its kind of a big deal when our guys can't talk to jets or artillery because our entire doctrine is built around supporting fires.
I didn't think you were talking about ground EW. I'm sure the Russians are more advanced there. Their entire military is built around the idea of not having air superiority
Posted on 1/22/17 at 9:53 pm to rmnldr
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I don't disagree that combined arms make a military force better, but tanks as we know it are on their way out. Armored cavalry became useless when muskets could pierce their armor. Tanks will also become useless when every ATGM can kill them
Are you serious??? If tanks were going to be cast aside as useless due to ATGMs being able to kill them then tanks would have been phased out before the end of WWII.
And by your logic, then fighters and bombers are obsolete now since they're just as, if not more, vulnerable to modern SAMs.
There will always been advances in weapons systems. ATGMs advance, and tanks counter. In fact both the US and Russia are starting to field countermeasures to stop ATGMs from ever finding their target. I'm not talking developing, I'm talking they're starting to field these systems.
Again, if you don't know what you're talking about, just stay quiet.
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