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Old August 31st, 2016, 01:08 PM
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Post Re: The Tank is dead

The tank maybe dead on terms of it's changing role given MOUT combat that we seem to witness increasingly since the first Gulf War.

But it's role in combined arms doctrine, while undergoing change (what does not change) is secure on the battlefield.

The underlying issue as I understand this thread is what is the changing role of amor given maneuver, reconnaissance, and security operations in a combined arms context, the Air Land Battle.

I wonder what they're teaching at Fort Benning, the US premier armor school today. I

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