June 6, 2019
Try This on for Size: The Army's Next Tank Armed with Lasers and Railguns
Could it happen?
by Dave Majumdar
The main battle tank is not likely to disappear into the history books as the horse cavalry units of old did during the early part of the 20th Century, but technological advancements might fundamentally change the nature of future armored vehicles.
The U.S. Army is currently conducting an analysis of alternatives on what a future family of armored vehicles might look like.
“Are we sort of at that point in history where armored mechanized vehicles are going the way of horse cavalry?†U.S. Army chief of staff Gen. Mark A. Milley told an audience at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/try-size-armys-next-tank-armed-lasers-and-railguns-61422
