Are we learning tanks are essentially obsolete

We’re learning that combined arms is important

We’re learning that sending a column of armor single-file down a road you do not control is a bad idea

It also depends on what your enemy is using.

If you are facing armor, armor is appropriate.

If you are facing infantry with rifles, armor can work but isn’t your best choice.

If you are facing infantry with anti-tank missile, you chose… poorly.

You may need to win air superiority first but that does not mean tanks are obsolete. They are needed for infantry support and cover.

Technology always changes the Battlefield. Air power isn't everything either. If you can't hold land, you don't control anything. Armor is important for controlling land areas.

Afghanistan is such a shite place to invade because there are natural advantages to defenders and especially guerilla type ambushes. All the air power in the world didn't do much overall. frickers hid in caves until we left. Unless we occupied the entire land area and fished them out , it didn't matter. Tanks weren't going to be great in their terrain and we didn't have the will to kill massive amounts of people. It takes EVERYTHING to win a war.

Mountain caves don't mean fighter jets are obsolete.

I haven't watch much footage of the war, but what little I saw had tanks in an open environment. They're not trying to use them in urban areas, are they? That'll get you fubarred in a hurry without infantry screens.

There are a lot of good answers in the replies to your OP, particularly in regard to combined arms. However, a very large portion of the issue can be attributed to the fact that Russian (Soviet-designed) tanks are nowhere near as formidable as US Abrams model tanks. The armor is thinner and made of steel alloy as opposed to titanium armor on US tanks. Russian design and engineering is a far cry from US design and engineering. You'll rarely (if ever) see an authentic Russian design on any of their ordnance and equipment. Most of it is stolen or reverse engineered from US/NATO equipment, and it's done with substandard metals and materials.

The combination of poorly designed and manufactured armor along with insufficient training and atrocious tactics results in the glaring failure of Russian armor in Ukraine.

I wouldn’t call something obsolete based off propaganda

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I wouldn’t call something obsolete based off propaganda

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You let propaganda tell you who to vote for.

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If you are facing armor, armor is appropriate.

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If you are facing armor, hellfire and maverick missile are important. Having armor of your own is useless.

Wow it is pretty much accepted by all sides and 3rd parties that Russian armor has taken substantial losses but the Putin fanboys still don’t want to hear it lol.

this ended up as a perfect storm of disaster for the russians.

1 the winter was too warm and they estimated that they would be able to travel overland due to unseasonably warm weather & mud they were forced to the roads.
2 underestimated logistical supply issues
3 underestimated ukranian defenses
4 western intelligence underestimated the strength of the Russian armed forces