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I am to tanks as Barbie is to small arms. by Chairman Mao 04/28/2003, 10:09pm PDT
E. L. Koba wrote:


Bitter wrote:

To address another point made later, Javelin is fire and forget. In the real world, you probably wouldn't just stand around and watch it fly, unless your opponents are Iraqis and you can you pretty much idle your ass at will. Note that the motor is essentially smokeless, so it's not like a guy in the tank would see jack shit. Also, there's not much backblast, so Javelin can be fired out of windows, from under overhangs, etc.


I'm not saying it's not a good weapon. It's great from everything I've heard. Actually, anything that gets rid of the Dragon is good idea. Just that one good anti-tank weapon does not put the tank of of business. People have been saying the age of the tank is over ever since they discovered the Monroe Effect.


Also: Most modern tanks, even Chinese, Indian and Russian ones, to say nothing of supurb tanks like the Abrams, Leopard, or Challenger II, have infrared or milimeter band threat warning sensors that would most certainly see the missile, smokeless or not.

Poeple have been saying the age of artillery is over as well, but after the tremendous amount of use the Paladin's saw in Iraq, hopefully there will be life left in the Crusader after all. Supposedly they have renewed the project, with a hull redesign to slim it to 40 tonnes. We'll see.

As for the death of the tank;
Its often likened to the battleship, even though the analogy is largely inapplicable. Every time the "transformational warfare" people start to chatter about how everything needs to be light, another war rolls around and heavy armour proves itself yet again. Indeed, its seems that Vietnam was the exception, and not the rule, as the light-mobile people seem to think.

I didn't have a whole lot of faith in the notion that the M1's eventual successor will weigh no more than 40 tons and offer similar armoured protection, until I heard about EM armour (intense EM lines of force form inside the plate as a penetrator strikes, energies similar to a rail gun's propulsion charge). Pretty slick. I think the tank is here to stay, as one component of a tightly-knit combined-arms force.
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                        Re: More money, but less blowing shit up. by E. L. Koba 04/25/2003, 11:11pm PDT NEW
                            Re: More money, but less blowing shit up. by Chairman Mao 04/25/2003, 11:26pm PDT NEW
                                Re: More money, but less blowing shit up. by FABIO 04/26/2003, 1:37am PDT NEW
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                                    I am to tanks as Barbie is to small arms. by Chairman Mao 04/28/2003, 10:09pm PDT NEW
                                        Re: I am to tanks as Barbie is to small arms. by E. L. Koba 04/28/2003, 11:42pm PDT NEW
                                            Speaking of by Ray, of Light 04/28/2003, 11:59pm PDT NEW
                                                What happens when they shoot off your antenna/camera/whatever with small arms? NT by Entropy Stew 04/29/2003, 12:03am PDT NEW
                                                Re: Speaking of by Chairman Mao 04/29/2003, 12:09am PDT NEW
                                                    I'm still waiting for spider mines NT by Entropy Stew 04/29/2003, 12:11am PDT NEW
                                                        or terror drones by FABIO 04/29/2003, 1:05am PDT NEW
                                                        Would jumping spider mines fit the bill? by Forensic 04/29/2003, 7:02pm PDT NEW
                                                            Superpower prepares weapons, Register horrified, film at 11. by Chairman Mao 04/29/2003, 7:18pm PDT NEW
                                                    Re: Speaking of by E. L. Koba 04/29/2003, 3:27am PDT NEW
                                                        Answer by Senor Barborito 04/29/2003, 8:08am PDT NEW
                                                            Stealing your idea below and adding it as point 6 by Senor Barborito 04/29/2003, 8:24am PDT NEW
                                                        Re: Speaking of by Chairman Mao 04/29/2003, 1:58pm PDT NEW
                                            Re: I am to tanks as Barbie is to small arms. by Chairman Mao 04/29/2003, 12:24am PDT NEW
                                                Re: I am to tanks as Barbie is to small arms. by E. L. Koba 04/29/2003, 3:42am PDT NEW
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