Why are tanks still used in battlefield if they can easily be destroyed by drones?
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Also worth mentioning is how literally everything still being used in war is easily destroyed by drones. Aircraft, tanks, people, drones, all go poof when a large amount of explosives detonate on top of them, regardless of the explosive was shot out of a cannon, thrown, or delivered via drone
I’m surprised no one has mentioned combined arms tactics explicitly yet.
As people are saying: Tanks fulfil a role, but fulfilling a role doesn’t mean anything on its own. Tanks are relavent and effective because they fulfil a role *when working in conjunction with other forces*. Tanks provide durability and firepower, infantry provide numbers and mobility, aircraft provide fast support and observation. Alongside many other units, these work together to create a fighting force that’s greater than the sum of its parts.
Why do people use guns on the battlefield if Kevlar stops bullets?
Same kind of question. As long as it still works most of the time then the military will use it.
why are people still used in warfare, they can easily be destroyed by bullets? why are planes still used , they can easily be destroyed by missiles? it goes on and on like this. every tool has it’s counter.
what gets destroyed more easily than a tank? A person/infantry.
The honest truth is everything in war gets destroyed, and we aren’t trying to make super weapons that are invulnerable. Tanks have always been vulnerable being destroyed by anti tank rifles in the early years, then RPGs, anti tank fortified guns, other tanks or most notably in WW2, allied airpower.
Additionally the tank brings alot to the table, a big fast gun platform. Something invulnerable to small arms fire.
Though if you are curious, here are several youtube videos to watch to learn more on the topic.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUyAPQEb01Q](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUyAPQEb01Q)
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI7T650RTT8&t=16s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI7T650RTT8&t=16s)
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxY_oIohm-c](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxY_oIohm-c)
Why are soldiers still used if they can easily be destroyed by tanks?
Bcos Tanks can do things drones cant do and drones can do things tanks cant do.
Both have their uses bcos the battlefield has many jobs. Just like a mechanic has many tools to fix the many problems in a car.
It’s possible we’re in the process of finding out that they are obsolete. Similarly some people are suggesting that large war ships are becoming obsolete because they can be easily damaged by cheap drones. I’m sure all the militaries of the world are reassessing lots of things based on what’s happening in Ukraine right now.
But we haven’t ruled out their effectiveness yet. If a tank is just hanging out it may be an easy target for a drone. But in a well-coordinated offensive with dozens of tanks could the defenders manage to field enough drones to stop the advance? Could we develop defenses that make drones significantly less effective? What are we going to use to replace tanks if we decide they are obsolete? Without tanks were back to WW1 where nobody can advance on the enemy without getting destroyed by machine guns.
1) Why are infantry still used on the battlefield if they can easily be killed by bullets?
2) If you were in an infantry platoon, would you rather be reinforced by four guys with a couple ATGMs or four guys with 40 rounds of 120mm and thousands of rounds of 7.62mm?
3) A drone is a round of ammunition with Russia and Ukraine both consuming on the order of 10k/month of them. The fair comparison isn’t to tanks, it’s to cannon rounds.
In part because anti-tank drone tacrics are a new concept and are still being tested and developed in real time. A few years is not enough time for one side losing tanks to field something to replace the specific uses and effectiveness of all those vehicles, nor would those vehicles do any better by sitting in storage than they would doing something, anything at all in the field.
You also don’t just throw up your hands and scrap everything when the enemy comes up with an effective countermeasure. You start to come up with countermeasures to that countermeasure, which, again, take time to test and experiment with to see what works best. Eventually you might realize that there are no proper countermeasures, and only then should you really scrap what you’ve got and move on.
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