World News@lemmy.worldbySine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world1 yearRussia has depleted its tank stocks: the industry is not covering combat lossesmilitarnyi.com English 192915927
Wolverdiddlyino@lemmy.worldEnglish1 yearTanks have not been very useful relative to their expense in the age of drones. 1719
Naevermix@lemmy.worldEnglish1 yearAnd yet, moving the front is almost impossible without them. All vehicles struggle with drones but at least tanks won’t go down from machine gun fire, and without vehicles were pretty much back to WW1 tactics, fighting over inches. 12
lumony@lemmings.worlddeleted by creatorEnglish1 year and without vehicles were pretty much back to WW1 tactics, fighting over inches. Which is kind of what the war in Ukraine has become. Maybe one day we’ll learn as a species that there is no good way to fight a war and we should just avoid it altogether. Most of us are just fighting over what the ruling class wants us to fight over, anyways. 3
captain_oni@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish1 yearKinda what happened to battleships in the era of aircraft carriers and submarines? 688%7
Tanks have not been very useful relative to their expense in the age of drones.
And yet, moving the front is almost impossible without them. All vehicles struggle with drones but at least tanks won’t go down from machine gun fire, and without vehicles were pretty much back to WW1 tactics, fighting over inches.
Which is kind of what the war in Ukraine has become.
Maybe one day we’ll learn as a species that there is no good way to fight a war and we should just avoid it altogether.
Most of us are just fighting over what the ruling class wants us to fight over, anyways.
Kinda what happened to battleships in the era of aircraft carriers and submarines?