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Originally Posted by Bowser
How depleted have tank forces become in the 21st Century now that air power is the goal of all, particularly considering the next gen of laser guided munitions and the such?
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The Army has been ringing the alarm bells about our tanks for a while now, we need a follow up to the Abrams badly
Compared to Russias new Armata, our stuff is found wanting... not only do they have a bigger main gun, but its in an unmanned/autoloading turret, their crew compartment is very well armored and is isolated from the rest of the tank in case of a hit that cooks off their munitions, and perhaps most importantly they have whats called "active protection systems"... basically an anti-missile missile system that tracks incoming rounds and fires a missile of its own to destroy it
http://armedupdate.blogspot.com/2015...14-armata.html
Something on Active Protection
http://breakingdefense.com/2016/03/m...sraeli-trophy/
And here is a perfect example of why we need AP on our tanks, todays high tech anti-tank weapons are just too good for our current armor, watch this Saudi Abrams go up in flames immediately in Yemen...