Using tanks in modern warfare situations. Aren’t they sitting ducks if the opposition is equipped with anti-tank weapons? What are tanks good for in modern combat?

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Using tanks in modern warfare situations. Aren’t they sitting ducks if the opposition is equipped with anti-tank weapons? What are tanks good for in modern combat?

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Both Syria and the last kerfuffle in Ukraine demonstrate what happens when a combined arms force meets a pure infantry force – the pure infantry inflict more casualties and delays than expected, but nonetheless lose pretty decisively.

If prepared defensive positions can be disrupted, tanks are near unstoppable, much like if air-superiority is achieved, you can drop bombs out of a dump truck.