HD combat in Syria

[jivemi]

Originally Posted by Wiking

Arab armies in general seem to have fairly poor combined arms training. That or whatever training they did have fell apart as the civil war expanded. Either way, I'm pretty sure those T-72's are really vulnerable without the infantry sticking close by.

Yeah, but whatcha gonna do against ATGM's (Kornet, Konkurs, Javelin, etc.) fired from a mile or more away in open country? Infantry might spot the firing position but even so they've only got maybe 10-15 seconds to interfere. If the tank crew doesn't spot the firing team and neutralize it first, evade or have onboard anti-missile systems it's practically dead meat. Unless they can pray to a Higher Being...