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A military arm is not supposed to operate on its own.

There are too many variables to take into account:

-When deploying tanks with a high chance of encountering mighty enemy Attack Helos or Standoff AGM tank busters, they should be supported by equally mighty anti-air measures.

-Tanks, when blitzing, should be supported by voluminous artillery support, at least when cracking the initial defensive positions. After that it may roam around freely in the backyard area (unless enemy employs defense in depth).

-When attacking dense terrain, tanks should be accompanied by infantry to clear out possible AT locations or ambush. The tank, in return, will provide quick & heavy fire to the advancing infantry.


Those who think that tanks are now mighty enough, that they can withstand ATGM fire quite well (despite obscure & very rare sources pointing to that, not to mention the many variables involved in a chaotic battlefield), failed to understand that for every action there will always be a reaction. A tank gets better, and so will the Anti-tank measures.

We should not think tanks are mighty enough now that we can forget about Combined Arms principle, and do an attack pell-mell Yom Kippur style.

Generally, tanks are still useful of course. It is the 'tough type' of ground force, the soft one is the leg infantry. Each one complementing & helping each other.