Tanks are here to stay: What the Army’s future armored fleet will look like

[rangerrebew]

Tanks are here to stay: What the Army’s future armored fleet will look like
Todd South
July 14 at 1:34 PM
 

Whether one is looking at aggression on Europe’s eastern borders, strikes by China against allies in the Pacific or Iranian subterfuge in the Middle East, the current answer to those problems has revolved around ubiquitous sensors to know what’s going on and longer-range, faster-moving fires to hit where it hurts.

The Navy wants more ships with better protection, and a top Air Force general called Army long range fires plans “stupid,” saying his service has that covered. The Marines spent most of the past year ditching tanks to become more nimble in their naval efforts.

But the Army looks on and its top leaders, one of them an aviator, point to an old adage: You don’t win a conflict until you control where people live — on land.

https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2021/07/14/tanks-are-here-to-stay-what-the-armys-future-armored-fleet-will-look-like/

[rangerrebew]

Will they have TV monitors so tankers can keep up with their PC training while in combat?

[PeteS in CA]

... a top Air Force general called Army long range fires plans “stupid,” saying his service has that covered.

A plane up in the air seems at greater risk than a less detectable artillery piece. And while a special capability shell is more expensive than a "dumb" shell, it's probably still less expensive that an air-launched smart missile/bomb plus the fuel and wear-and-tear on the A-10 or F-15E or F-35 that deployed it. Putting all one's eggs in one basket often works out poorly.