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The Marines Are Betting Their Entire Future on a War Without Tanks
« on: July 26, 2025, 08:05:44 am »
The Marines Are Betting Their Entire Future on a War Without Tanks
 
Key Points and Summary - In 2020, the U.S. Marine Corps made the drastic decision to eliminate its entire force of M1 Abrams tanks, a move that is still debated today.

-The rationale was a strategic pivot towards creating a lighter, more agile force optimized for island-hopping warfare in a potential conflict with China.
 
-War games predicting the dominance of missiles and drones, plus the devastating tank losses seen in Ukraine, appear to validate the decision.

-However, critics warn that a Marine Corps without tanks could be dangerously vulnerable in a large-scale land war, the very kind it has often fought in the past.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-marines-are-betting-their-entire-future-on-a-war-without-tanks/ar-AA1JhHh0?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6884c1546de14fd8a13d822bff53c72c&ei=24
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Re: The Marines Are Betting Their Entire Future on a War Without Tanks
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2025, 08:08:17 am »
They had better do some major updating of their weapons for longer range, more accuracy, lighter, more mobile, and more lethal.
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