Czechs agree to buy 44 Leopard tanks from Germany in a $1.6 billion deal
Czechs agree to buy 44 Leopard tanks from Germany in a $1.6 billion deal
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Czechs agree to buy 44 Leopard tanks from Germany in a $1.6 billion deal
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17 comments
Seems odd that anyone is investing much in tanks these days. Ukraine has shown tanks to be of very little utility on the modern battlefield.
No, the tank is not obsolete.
Assuming one has plenty of drones and anti tank weapons, what good for are tanks? Also taking their price into the account. That video is dated pre-special operation.
The obsolescence of tanks has been called for in every conflict since WW1 and yet has never been true
Kinda like Bluetooth
Ukraine and Russia wouldn't both still be using every tank they can get their hands on if they weren't useful. There's also the very real possibility that someone figures out a reliable countermeasure to drones in the near future. Several countries have already deployed truck-mounted lasers that just need a decent power source to torch incoming drones for basically free, for example
Russia is using motorcycles and donkeys. As someone who's been watching this war far too closely, it's very rare to hear about Russians using tanks. Because they all got blown up with drones.
Tanks are still useful for direct fire to assist the infantry take entrenched fortifications and defenses.