The proposed tank would bridge the gap between the Leclerc and the delayed Franco-German Main Ground Combat System. The proposed main battle tank would bridge the gap between the Leclerc and the delayed Franco-German Main Ground Combat System.
The war in Ukraine is NOT a modern war shaping future combat. It’s primarily characterised by obsolete static and trench warfare with both sides severely lacking capable air defense and experience in proper combined arms warfare.
It is a war shaping modern combat. In exercise with Ukraine NATO soldiers showed that they have serious issues dealing with drones. Also both Ukraine and Russia currently have some really strong air defence systems right now. The fact of the matter is that anti drone systems are too few in number to make armoured assaults possible. That is being worked on and would allow tanks to be much more useful again.
Also both Ukraine and Russia currently have some really strong air defence systems right now
Ukraine’s strongest air defense is new systems in very low amounts and short supply, Russia’s air defense is constantly failing to meet even a fraction of the capabilities they should have on paper.
In exercise with Ukraine NATO soldiers showed that they have serious issues dealing with drones.
But there is a massive difference between “the future of war is cheap mass produced drones” and “the future of war is closing the gap that cheap mass produced drones like to exploit”. The 'but tanks are obsolete"-opinion is very popular with clueless people arguing the former.
It is a war shaping modern combat. In exercise with Ukraine NATO soldiers showed that they have serious issues dealing with drones. Also both Ukraine and Russia currently have some really strong air defence systems right now. The fact of the matter is that anti drone systems are too few in number to make armoured assaults possible. That is being worked on and would allow tanks to be much more useful again.
Ukraine’s strongest air defense is new systems in very low amounts and short supply, Russia’s air defense is constantly failing to meet even a fraction of the capabilities they should have on paper.
But there is a massive difference between “the future of war is cheap mass produced drones” and “the future of war is closing the gap that cheap mass produced drones like to exploit”. The 'but tanks are obsolete"-opinion is very popular with clueless people arguing the former.