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millwright · 11-12-2007, 08:18 PM

WTH does 50+ year old scrap iron have to do with the modern battlefront ? Personally, I can't see the U.S. spending the bucks to develop a new track-layer in the forseeable future. Right now most of our R&D bucks seem to be going into wheeled vehicles more suited to urban conflict - and even that's a debatable exercise.

The reality is no armoured vehicle can survive until and unless its air superiority/support is assured. To aircraft armour is just another LVT. I suspect the Russians, with their Hind series, hit upon the most effective way to put boots on the ground where needed and support them as well. >MW

11-12-2007, 08:18 PM	#28
millwright Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,436	Re: Is the Main Battle Tank obsolete? WTH does 50+ year old scrap iron have to do with the modern battlefront ? Personally, I can't see the U.S. spending the bucks to develop a new track-layer in the forseeable future. Right now most of our R&D bucks seem to be going into wheeled vehicles more suited to urban conflict - and even that's a debatable exercise. The reality is no armoured vehicle can survive until and unless its air superiority/support is assured. To aircraft armour is just another LVT. I suspect the Russians, with their Hind series, hit upon the most effective way to put boots on the ground where needed and support them as well. >MW