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(13,393 posts)personnel carrier these days.
mucifer
(23,371 posts)brewens
(13,393 posts)You can't have tanks in action unless you control the air and have expert infantry with them. These days if you control the air, there won't be any tanks for your guys to shoot at, the aircraft will have killed them all. Any couple of guys with a Javelin or other anti-armor rockets spot your tank, it's toast. If your infantry takes care of those guys, there is nothing for your tank to do. Sure, they can attack bunkers and stuff, but we have plenty of other shit to take care of anything like that now. A tank is just a multimillion-dollar pressure cooker.
mucifer
(23,371 posts)brewens
(13,393 posts)take out heavy tanks at short range. The Javelin missile is much longer range.
GB_RN
(2,267 posts)But our Javelin system is dual purpose anti-tank and anti-helicopter (although not a true anti-aircraft MANPAD like the Stinger). Id imagine the NLAW is also capable of doing the same thing.
As the guy says in the video, Welcome to Hell!
jaxexpat
(6,701 posts)makes your sky a no fly zone. This conflict is revealing how warfare has finally devolved into ICBMs, cruise and other missiles versus small arms/hand to hand. Everything in between is too vulnerable for reuse and too expensive to replace.
Kaleva
(36,146 posts)IronLionZion
(45,256 posts)Supposedly the US sent some Javelins to Ukraine too. It's satisfying to think Russian tanks are being taken out by stuff made in Alabama. The cold war got hot
Celerity
(42,645 posts)IronLionZion
(45,256 posts)I was just adding American Javelins to the conversation.
KS Toronado
(16,901 posts)The Jungle 1
(4,552 posts)Just listen to his laugh! That laugh can be understood in any language.
Clearly understood sir. I have received your message and accept your communication.
That there is a "fuck you" puketin laugh.
I love it! Made my morning.
mwooldri
(10,291 posts)Vogon_Glory
(9,084 posts)some Amurrican gun nuts are looking at this video and salivating at these. Guys new toys.
erronis
(14,942 posts)mitch96
(13,816 posts)EYESORE 9001
(25,811 posts)BMW2020RT
(139 posts)FakeNoose
(32,335 posts)That's good to know, and great news for Ukraine defense. I hope they received a lot of ammo too.